N-acetyl-L-cysteine counteracts oxidative stress and prevents H2O2 induced germ cell apoptosis through down-regulation of caspase-9 and JNK/c-Jun

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-79

  Maheshwari, Ankur ^a,b   Misro, Man M ^a   Aggarwal, Archana ^a   Sharma, Rajnesh K ^b   Nandan, Deoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

^b KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PEROXIREDOXIN 5; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; GERM CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CATALASE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENES, BCL-2; GERM CELLS; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE PI; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79951678011     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21268     Document Type: Article

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