Sequential depletion of rat testicular lipids with long-chain and very long-chain polyenoic fatty acids after X-ray-induced interruption of spermatogenesis

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2600-2610

  Oresti, Gerardo M ^a   Aresti, Pablo L Ayuza ^a   Gigola, Graciela ^a   Reyes, Luis E ^a   Aveldaño, Marta I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Cholesterol ester; Fatty acid; Lipid droplet; Phagocytosis; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenic cell; Sphingomyelin; Triacylglycerol; Very long chain PUFA; X rays

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; FAT DROPLET; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; LIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; VERY LONG CHAIN POLYENOIC FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 77956836838     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M006395     Document Type: Article

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