Aging and the brown norway rat leydig cell antioxidant defense system

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-247

  Luo, Lindi ^a   Chen, Haolin ^a   Trush, Michael A ^a   Show, Matthew D ^a   Anway, Matthew D ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anti oxidants; Free radical aging; Pro oxidants; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STEADY STATE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33644534186     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05075     Document Type: Article

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