LPS increases the expression levels of IL-18, ICE and IL-18 R in mouse testes

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-371

  Abu Elhija, Mahmoud ^a   Lunenfeld, Eitan ^a,b   Huleihel, Mahmoud ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Interleukin 18; LPS; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPLEEN; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 1; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERLEUKIN-18; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

EID: 51649096450     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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