Effects of varicocele on testosterone, apoptosis and expression of StAR mRNA in rat Leydig cells

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-291

  Luo, De Yi ^a   Yang, Gang ^a   Liu, Jian Jun ^b   Yang, Yu Ru ^a   Dong, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peoples Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Leydig cell; steroidogenic acute regulatory protein; testosterone; varicocele

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; STEROIDOGENETIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 79952375180     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.111     Document Type: Article

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