Association of heat shock proteins, heat shock factors and male infertility

Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-84

  Ji, Zi Liang ^a,b,c   Duan, Yong Gang ^a   Mou, Li Sha ^b   Allam, Jean Pierre ^d   Haidl, Gerhard ^d   Cai, Zhi Ming ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Heat shock; Infertility; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929141858     PISSN: 23050500     EISSN: 23050519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2305-0500(13)60053-6     Document Type: Article

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