Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits apoptosis and protects testicular seminiferous tubules from ischemia/reperfusion-induced inflammation

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 420, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 434-439

  Al Maghrebi, May ^a   Renno, Waleed M ^a   Al Ajmi, Nada ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; EGCG; Inflammation; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SURVIVIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERM CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ISCHEMIA; TESTIS TORSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CATECHIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; ORCHITIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CCR2; REPERFUSION INJURY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

RATTUS;

EID: 84859435523     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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