The cytoprotective peptide humanin is induced and neutralizes Bax after pro-apoptotic stress in the rat testis

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 651-659

  Jia, Y ^a   Lue, Y H ^a   Swerdloff, R ^a   Lee, K W ^b   Cobb, L J ^b   Cohen, P ^b,c   Wang, C ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BAX; Germ cells; Humanin

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HUMANIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN BAX; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CYTOPROTECTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84879488517     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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