Effects of varicocele upon the expression of apoptosis-related proteins

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Chang, F W ^a,c   Sun, G H ^b   Cheng, Y Y ^a   Chen, I C ^a   Chien, H H ^a   Wu, G J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; apoptosis related proteins; varicocele

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; BAK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; EJACULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; EJACULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VARICOCELE;

EID: 77954600161     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00981.x     Document Type: Article

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