Role of inhibitors of apoptosis proteins in testicular function and male fertility: Effects of polydeoxyribonucleotide administration in experimental varicocele

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Minutoli, Letteria ^a   Arena, Salvatore ^a   Antonuccio, Pietro ^a   Romeo, Carmelo ^a   Bitto, Alessandra ^a   Magno, Carlo ^a   Rinaldi, Mariagrazia ^a   Micali, Antonio ^a   Irrera, Natasha ^a   Pizzino, Gabriele ^a   Galfo, Federica ^a   Squadrito, Francesco ^a   Altavilla, Domenica ^a   Marini, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3,7 DIMETHYLPROPARGYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS INHIBITORY PROTEIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; SURVIVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3,7-DIMETHYL-1-PROPARGYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BIRC5 PROTEIN, RAT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NAIP6 PROTEIN, RAT; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; THEOBROMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS FUNCTION; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS-INHIBITORY PROTEIN; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADENOSINE A2; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THEOBROMINE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84939639870     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/248976     Document Type: Article

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