Aquaporin-9 immunohistochemistry in varicocele testes as a consequence of hypoxia in the sperm production site

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-37

  Arena, S ^a   Arena, F ^b   Maisano, D ^b   Di Benedetto, V ^a   Romeo, C ^b   Nicotina P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 9; Germ cell metabolism; Male infertility; Spermatogenetic failure; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 9; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBROSIS; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; AQUAPORINS; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 78651232834     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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