Mouse model of male germ cell apoptosis in response to a lack of hormonal stimulation

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1048-1057

  Hikim, Amiya P Sinha ^a,b   Vera, Yanira ^a   Elhag, Rashid I ^a   Lue, Yanhe ^a   Cui, Yu Gui ^a   Pope, Vanisha ^a   Leung, Andrew ^a   Atienza, Vince ^a   Wang, Christina ^a   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyline; Apoptosis; Flutamide; Germ Cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACYLINE; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN; HORMONE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NICK END LABELING; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; FLUTAMIDE; GERM CELLS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644520408     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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