A molecular evaluation of germ cell death induced by etoposide in pubertal rat testes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 363-371

  Ortiz, Rina J ^a   Lizama, Carlos ^a   Codelia, Verónica A ^a   Moreno, Ricardo D ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caspase; Etoposide; Spermatocyte; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASE INHIBITOR; ETOPOSIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASES; ETOPOSIDE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

RATTUS;

EID: 65549132401     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap024     Document Type: Article

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