Protective effect of L-carnitine in cyclophosphamide-induced germ cell apoptosis

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 780-787

  Zhu, Bin ^a   Zheng, Yan Fei ^b   Zhang, Yue Ying ^c   Cao, Yun Song ^b   Zhang, Lei ^d   Li, Xin Gang ^a   Liu, Teng ^a   Jiao, Zhao Zhu ^b   Wang, Qi ^b   Zhao, Zhi Gang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Department of Cardiology   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beclin 1; Cyclophosphamide; Infertility; L Carnitine; LC3

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; CARNITINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; EOSIN; ESTROGEN; HEMATOXYLIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; TUNEL ASSAY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARNITINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOPROTECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GERM CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941902228     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1500015     Document Type: Article

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