The protection of selenium on cadmium-induced inhibition of spermatogenesis via activating testosterone synthesis in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3521-3529

  Ren, Xiang Mei ^a,b   Wang, Gai Gai ^a   Xu, Dong Qing ^c   Luo, Kang ^a   Liu, Yu Xin ^a   Zhong, Yi Hong ^a   Cai, Yun Qing ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Selenium; Sperm parameters; Spermatogenesis; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; SELENIUM; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS;

EID: 84865454536     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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