Electromagnetic radiation at 900 MHz induces sperm apoptosis through bcl-2, bax and caspase-3 signaling pathways in rats

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Qi ^a,b,c   Si, Tianlei ^a,b   Xu, Xiaoyun ^a,b   Liang, Fuqiang ^a,b   Wang, Lufeng ^a,b   Pan, Siyi ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

900 MHz; Apoptosis; Electromagnetic radiation; Radiofrequency; Sperm; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ANTIOXIDANT; BAX PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAX GENE; BCL 2 GENE; CASPASE3 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROMEC GENE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROMES C; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RADIATION INJURIES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84938593664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0062-3     Document Type: Article

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