Immunohistochemical study of serum albumin in normal and cadmium-treated mouse testis organs by "in vivo cryotechnique"

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 35-40

  Liao, X ^a   Terada, N ^a   Ohno, N ^a   Li, Z ^a   Fujii, Y ^a   Baba, T ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium treatment; Immunohistochemistry; In vivo cryotechnique; Mouse testis; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN ANTIBODY; CADMIUM; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZE DRYING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CADMIUM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDA;

EID: 29844441442     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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