Ethyl pyruvate reduces germ cell-specific apoptosis and oxidative stress in rat model of testicular torsion/detorsion

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 705-712

  Payabvash, Seyedmehdi ^a   Kiumehr, Saman ^a   Tavangar, Seyed Mohammad ^b   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ethyl pyruvate; Oxidative stress; Sperm count; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ETHYL PYRUVIC ACID; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PYRUVIC ACID; RINGER SOLUTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS TORSION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERM CELLS; ISCHEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PYRUVATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS;

EID: 41549088258     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.12.063     Document Type: Article

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