Protective effects of thymoquinone against methotrexate-induced germ cell apoptosis in male mice

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 541-547

  Sheikhbahaei, Fatemeh ^a   Khazaei, Mozafar ^a   Rabzia, Arezou ^a   Mansouri, Kamran ^b   Ghanbari, Ali ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germ cells; Methotrexate; Mice; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHOTREXATE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TUNEL ASSAY;

EID: 84951765379     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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