Induction and determination of apoptotic and necrotic cell death by cadmium chloride in testis tissue of mouse

Journal of Reproduction and Infertility

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-29

  Niknafs, Behrooz ^a   Salehnia, Mojdeh ^b   Kamkar, Mahmood ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cadmium; Necrosis; Seminiferous tubules

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DEATH; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; HETEROCHROMATIN; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EID: 84937156828     PISSN: 22285482     EISSN: 2251676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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