Transgenic overexpression of regucalcin leads to suppression of thapsigargin- and actinomycin D-induced apoptosis in the testis by modulation of apoptotic pathways

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 290-298

  Correia, S ^a   Alves, M G ^a   Oliveira, P F ^a   Alves, M R ^a   van Pelt, A M M ^b   Cavaco, J E ^a   Socorro, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Apoptosis; Calcium; Germ cells; Rat; Regucalcin; Seminiferous tubules; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Thapsigargin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; DACTINOMYCIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RGN PROTEIN, RAT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CASPASE 3; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; DACTINOMYCIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; THAPSIGARGIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84894308909     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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