Involvement of inducible nitric oxide synthase in DNA fragmentation in various testicular germ cells of ethanol-treated rats

Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Eid, Nabil ^a   Ito, Yuko ^a   Otsuki, Yoshinori ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ethanol; INOS; Testis; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; TESTIS CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79955389753     PISSN: 18756867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-6867(11)60018-3     Document Type: Article

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