Germ cell apoptosis induced by experimental cryptorchidism is mediated by molecular pathways in mouse testis

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-12

  Absalan, F ^a   Movahedin, M ^a   Mowla, S J ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptotic genes; Cryptorchidism; Germ cell; Mouse; Testis

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SURVIVIN; SURVIVIN 140; SURVIVIN 40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; GERM CELL; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, P53; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 74549182671     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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