Lipopolysaccharide increased the expression levels of IL-18, ICE and IL-18 R in murine leydig cells

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-159

  Abuelhija, Mahmoud ^a,d   Lunenfeld, Eitan ^b,d   Eldar geva, Talia ^c   Huleihel, Mahmoud ^a,d  

^a Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Interleukin 18; Leydig cells; Lipopolysaccharide; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 1; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERLEUKIN-18; LEYDIG CELLS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18;

EID: 47949107432     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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