Mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in male germ cell apoptosis in the rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 771-780

  Jia, Yue ^a   Castellanos, Jesse ^a   Wang, Christina ^a   Sinha Hikim, Indrani ^b   Lue, Yanhe ^a   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^a   Sinha Hikim, Amiya P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germ cell apoptosis; MAPK1 3; MAPK14; Rat; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; CYTOCHROME C; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN BCL 2; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GERM CELL; HEAT STRESS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; TESTIS DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEVER; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 8; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 65249151330     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.072843     Document Type: Article

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