From a molecular biological viewpoint, does endothelin type a receptor antagonist therapy reduce diabetes-induced testicular damage in rats?

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 250.e7-250.e13

  Kosova, Buket ^a   Çetintaş, Vildan Bozok ^a   Yavaolu, Altuǧ ^a   Altay, Bariş ^a   Aktuǧ, Hüseyin ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TESTIS INJURY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 78650857678     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.04.052     Document Type: Article

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