Insights into male germ cell apoptosis due to depletion of gonadotropins caused by GnRH antagonists

Apoptosis

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1085-1100

  Pareek, Tej K ^a   Joshi, Ayesha R ^a   Sanyal, Amartya ^a   Dighe, Rajan R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; FSH; GnRH antagonist; Gonadotropins; LH; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CETRORELIX; CYTOCHROME C; FAS ANTIGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; GERM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASPASES; CYTOCHROMES C; CYTOPLASM; DEATH DOMAIN RECEPTOR SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEINS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34247869664     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-0039-3     Document Type: Article

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