Morphological evidences indicate that the interference of cimetidine on the peritubular components is responsible for detachment and apoptosis of Sertoli cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sasso Cerri, Estela ^a   Cerri, Paulo S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; CIMETIDINE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; FOCAL ADHESION; HEMIDESMOSOME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; STAINING; TESTIS INJURY; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CIMETIDINE; HEMIDESMOSOMES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 44949084467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-18     Document Type: Article

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