The effect of pinealectomy and leptin hormone on the proliferation and apoptosis activation in Syrian hamster testis in different photoperiods

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-352

  Gündüz, Bülent ^a   Karakaş, Alper ^a   Terzi, Hakan ^a   Öner, Jale ^b   Serin, Erdinç ^a   Kükner, Aysel ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; Leptin; Photoperiod; Pinealectomy; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Testis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYCLINE; LEPTIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRICETINAE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEPTIN; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGONIA;

EID: 67651253100     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2008.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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