Role of Zinc Supplementation in Testicular and Epididymal Damages in Diabetic Rat: Involvement of Nrf2, SOD1, and GPX5

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 452-464

  Maremanda, Krishna Prahlad ^a   Khan, Sabbir ^a   Jena, G B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epididymis; GPX5; Nrf2; SOD1; Testes; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYCLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 5; HEME OXYGENASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, RAT; SELENIUM-INDEPENDENT GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SOD1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERM; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; SUPPLEMENTATION; TESTIS DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE-1; TESTIS; ZINC;

EID: 84962277907     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-016-0674-7     Document Type: Article

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