Molecular mechanisms involved in varicocele-associated infertility

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 521-526

  Sheehan, Matthew M ^a   Ramasamy, Ranjith ^b   Lamb, Dolores J ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CIGARETTE SMOKE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERM CELL; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS INJURY; TISSUES; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELE ASSOCIATED INFERTILITY; VARICOCELECTOMY; VENOUS STASIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SMOKING;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SMOKING; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84901274192     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0200-9     Document Type: Review

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