The impact of long-term exposure to space environment on adult mammalian organisms: A study on mouse thyroid and testis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Masini, Maria Angela ^a   Albi, Elisabetta ^b   Barmo, Cristina ^a   Bonfiglio, Tommaso ^a   Bruni, Lara ^a   Canesi, Laura ^a   Cataldi, Samuela ^b   Curcio, Francesco ^c   D'Amora, Marta ^a   Ferri, Ivana ^b   Goto, Katsumasa ^d   Kawano, Fuminori ^e   Lazzarini, Remo ^b   Loreti, Elisabetta ^b   Nakai, Naoya ^e   Ohira, Takashi ^e   Ohira, Yoshinobu ^e   Palmero, Silvio ^a   Prato, Paola ^a   Ricci, Franco ^f   Scarabelli, Linda ^a   Shibaguchi, Tsubasa ^e   Spelat, Renza ^c   Strollo, Felice ^g   Ambesi Impiombato, Francesco Saverio ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d TOYOHASHI SOZO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^g INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN 1; CYCLIC AMP; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; STEROID RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAVEOLIN 1; CYCLIC AMP; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84865845943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035418     Document Type: Article

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