X Taurine plays an important role in the protection of spermatogonia from oxidative stress

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2359-2369

  Higuchi, Masato ^a   Celino, Fritzie T ^b   Sonoko, Shimizu Yamaguchi ^c   Miura, Chiemi ^a   Miura, Takeshi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Ainan Fishery Cooperation Union   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cu Zn SOD; Japanese eel; Oxidative stress; Spermatogonia; Taurine

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE; TAURINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

ANIMALS; EELS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGONIA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE;

EID: 84872688280     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1316-9     Document Type: Article

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