The Protective Effects of Melatonin Against Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Induced by Acute Cadmium Exposure in Mice Testis

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 152-164

  Li, Renyan ^b   Luo, Xue ^a   Li, Lianbing ^b   Peng, Qiang ^c   Yang, Yuyou ^b   Zhao, Letian ^b   Ma, Mingfu ^b   Hou, Zhiwei ^b  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Reproductive Health   (China)

^c Beibei District of Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau of Interpol Detachment   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Inflammation; Male reproduction; Melatonin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; SEX HORMONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DNA DAMAGE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; MELATONIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84957435593     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-015-0449-6     Document Type: Article

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