Overexpression of CIRP may reduce testicular damage induced by cryptorchidism

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Zhou, Ke Wen ^a   Zheng, Xin Min ^a,b   Yang, Zhi Wei ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Chen, Hai Dan ^b  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CIRP; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRYPTORCHIDISM; ELECTROPORATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SIZE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 65249084549     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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