Caspase-3 and VEGF immunopositivity in seminiferous tubule germ cells in cases of obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia in smokers versus non-smokers

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-63

  Kilic, Sevtap ^a,c   Lortlar, Nese ^b   Bardakci, Yesim ^a   Ozdemir, Erkan ^a   Yuksel, Beril ^a   Ozturk, Ufuk ^a   Budak, Gurer ^b   Dogan, Muammer ^a  

^a Dr Zekai Tahir BURAK Women Health Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NanoMedicine Research Laboratory ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Azoospermia; Caspase 3; Hypoxia; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL MATURATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; AZOOSPERMIA; CASPASE 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SMOKING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 67649083677     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-008-9286-2     Document Type: Article

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