Ghrelin modulates testicular germ cells apoptosis and proliferation in adult normal rats

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-304

  Kheradmand, Arash ^a   Dezfoulian, Omid ^a   Alirezaei, Masoud ^a   Rasoulian, Bahram ^b  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Ghrelin; PCNA; Rat; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYCLINE; GHRELIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTICULAR GERM CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; GHRELIN; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84857998195     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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