Can altered expression of HSPA2 in varicocele patients lead to abnormal spermatogenesis?

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 104-113

  Esfahani, Mohammad Hossein Nasr ^a,b   Abbasi, Homayoun ^b   Mirhosseini, Zahra ^a   Ghasemi, Nazem ^c   Razavi, Shahnaz ^c   Tavalaee, Marziyeh ^a   Tanhaei, Somayeh ^a   Deemeh, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Ghaedi, Kamran ^a,d   Zamansoltani, Farzaneh ^e   Rajaei, Farzad ^e  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN FERTILITY AND INFERTILITY CENTER   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^e QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; HSPA2; Protamines; Surgery; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 78751549581     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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