Taurine protects rat testes against doxorubicin-induced oxidative stress as well as p53, Fas and caspase 12-mediated apoptosis

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1839-1855

  Das, Joydeep ^a   Ghosh, Jyotirmoy ^a   Manna, Prasenjit ^a   Sil, Parames C ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Apoptosis; Cell survival; Doxorubicin; mAPKs; p53; Taurine; Testicular oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CASPASE 12; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CATALASE; DOXORUBICIN; FAS ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; JANUS KINASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN P53; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANDROGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 12; CYTOPROTECTION; DOXORUBICIN; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; TAURINE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862762426     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-0904-4     Document Type: Article

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