Diabetic rat testes: Morphological and functional alterations

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 361-368

  Ricci, G ^a   Catizone, A ^b   Esposito, R ^a   Pisanti, F A ^c   Vietri, M T ^a   Galdieri, M ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Diabetic syndrome; Oxidative stress; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; OCCLUDIN; STREPTOZOCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPERTROPHY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 70449428725     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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