Synergistic effect of rapamycin and metformin against germ cell apoptosis and oxidative stress after testicular torsion/detorsion-induced ischemia/reperfusion in rats

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2018, Pages 645-651

  Ghasemnejad berenji, Morteza ^a,b,c   Ghazi Khansari, Mahmoud ^b,c   Pashapour, Sarvin ^d   Jafari, Abbas ^a   Yazdani, Iraj ^b,c   Ghasemnejad berenji, Hojjat ^e   Saeedi Saravi, Seyed Soheil ^b,g,h   Sadeghpour, Sonia ^d   Nobakht, Maliheh ^f   Abdollahi, Alireza ^c   mohajer Ansari, Javad ^f   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^b,c  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Metformin; Oxidative stress; Rapamycin; Testicular torsion detorsion

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; METFORMIN; RAPAMYCIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TESTICULAR TORSION DETORSION; TESTIS TISSUE; TESTIS TORSION; TUNEL ASSAY; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DRUG SYNERGISM; MALE; METFORMIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; SIROLIMUS; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS;

EID: 85048572977     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: 19506007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.06.012     Document Type: Article

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