Differential nanoreprotoxicity of silver nanoparticles in male somatic cells and spermatogonial stem cells

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 1335-1357

  Zhang, Xi Feng ^a   Choi, Yun Jung ^a   Han, Jae Woong ^a   Kim, Eunsu ^a   Park, Jung Hyun ^a   Gurunathan, Sangiliyandi ^a   Kim, Jin Hoi ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Leydig cells; Oxidative stress; Sertoli cells; Tight junction proteins

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5; PROLINE RICH PROTEIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTOSTERONE; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSOSOME; AUTOSOME; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEYDIG CELL; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NANOREPROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; TESTIS CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SERTOLI CELLS; SILVER;

EID: 84923189079     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S76062     Document Type: Article

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