Effect of α-tocopherol supplementation during boar semen cryopreservation on sperm characteristics and expression of apoptosis related genes

Cryobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-189

  Jeong, Yeon Ji ^a   Kim, Mi Kyeong ^a   Song, Hye Jin ^a   Kang, Eun Ju ^a   Ock, Sun A ^a   Mohana Kumar, B ^a   Balasubramanian, S ^a,b   Rho, Gyu Jin ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Apoptosis; Boar sperm; Cryopreservation; Gene expression; HSP70

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LACTOSE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; COLD STRESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EGG YOLK; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SWINE; THAWING;

ACROSOME; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 60549098038     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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