Immunohistochemical expression of connexin 43 and occludin in the rat testis after epididymal and vasal ligation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-147

  Altay, Bariş ^a   Turna, Burak ^a   Öktem, Gülperi ^a   Aktuǧ, Hüseyin ^a   Semerci, Bülent ^a   Bilir, Ayhan ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; experimental epididymal obstruction; experimental vasal obstruction; occludin; rat; testis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; OCCLUDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 45849103169     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.065     Document Type: Article

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