Effect of melatonin on phagocytic activity and intracellular free calcium concentration in testicular macrophages from normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 207-213

  Pawlak, Joanna ^a   Singh, Jaipaul ^b   Lea, Robert W ^b   Skwarlo Sonta, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Diabetes mellitus; Luzindole; Melatonin; Rats; Testicular macrophages

Indexed keywords

FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; MELATONIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TESTIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; KINETICS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22744440979     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-1995-6     Document Type: Article

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