Death receptor and mitochondrial pathways are involved in germ cell apoptosis in an experimental model of autoimmune orchitis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1734-1742

  Theas, M S ^a   Rival, C ^a   Dietrich, S Jarazo ^a   Guazzone, V A ^a   Lustig, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptotic pathways; Autoimmune orchitis; Bax; Bcl 2; Germ cell apoptosis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; DEATH RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; PROCASPASE 8; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33745821629     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del066     Document Type: Article

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