Stage-dependency of apoptosis and the blood-testis barrier in the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias): Cadmium-induced changes as assessed by vital fluorescence techniques

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 325, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 541-553

  McClusky, Leon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Blood testis barrier; Cadmium; Dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias (Elasmobranchii); Germ cell apoptosis

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CADMIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ASSAY; CELL CLONE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SQUALUS; STAINING; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CADMIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TESTIS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746421912     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0184-6     Document Type: Article

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