Estradiol treatment induces testicular oxidative stress and germ cell apoptosis in rats

Apoptosis

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1427-1437

  Chaki, S P ^a   Misro, M M ^a   Gautam, Dinesh K ^a   Kaushik, Mahesh ^a   Ghosh, D ^b   Chainy, G B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estradiol treatment; Germ cell; Oxidative stress; Testis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8; CATALASE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LIPID; PROTEIN BAX; SEX HORMONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LOSS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 8; CATALASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; ESTRADIOL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33745845201     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-8761-4     Document Type: Article

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