Distribution of Zonula Occludens-1 and Occludin and alterations of testicular morphology after in utero radiation and postnatal hyperthermia in rats

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 438-449

  Erkanli Şentürk, Gozde ^a,c   Ersoy Canillioĝlu, Yasemin ^a,d   Umay, Cenk ^b   Demiralp Eksioglu, Emel ^a   Ercan, Feriha ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Blood testis barrier; Hyperthermia; Irradiation; Rat; Testis

Indexed keywords

OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DISEASE; TETRAPLOIDY; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCLUDIN; ORGAN SIZE; PLOIDIES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TIME FACTORS; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84869013036     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2012.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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