The expression of inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase (iNOS) in the testis and epididymis of rats with a dihydrotestosterone (DHT) deficiency

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-527

  Kolasa, Agnieszka ^a   Marchlewicz, Mariola ^a   Kurzawa, Rafał ^a   Głąbowski, Wojciech ^a   Trybek, Grzegorz ^a   Wenda Różewicka, Lidia ^a   Wiszniewska, Barbara ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

DHT deficiency; Epididymis; iNOS immunoexpression; Rat; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; FINASTERIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRITE;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; FINASTERIDE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

EID: 70349575588     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-009-0019-z     Document Type: Article

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