Involvement of the bax and bcl-2 system in the induction of germ cell apoptosis is correlated with the time of reperfusion after testicular ischemia in a rat model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1466-1469

  Sukhotnik, Igor ^a   Voskoboinik, Katya ^a   Lurie, Michael ^a   Bejar, Yakov ^a   Coran, Arnold G ^b   Mogilner, Jorge G ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS TORSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GERM CELLS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349453745     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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