The Effects of Local and Systemic Growth Hormone Treatment on Germ Cell Population and Fertility in an Experimental Unilateral Testicular Torsion and Orchiectomy Model

ATEŞ, UFUK; Gollu, Gulnur; Bingol-Kologlu, Meltem; BİLLUR, DENİZ; Kucuk, Gonul; Oruklu, Nihan; Bagriacik, Umit; Hasirci, NESRİN; DİNDAR, HÜSEYİN

doi:10.1016/j.juro.2015.07.087

The Effects of Local and Systemic Growth Hormone Treatment on Germ Cell Population and Fertility in an Experimental Unilateral Testicular Torsion and Orchiectomy Model

ATEŞ U., Gollu G., Bingol-Kologlu M., BİLLUR D., Kucuk G., Oruklu N., ...More

JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol.194, no.6, pp.1816-1822, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 194 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.07.087
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.1816-1822
Keywords: testis, fertility, male, spermatic cord torsion, growth hormone, ischemia, ANTISPERM ANTIBODIES, CONTRALATERAL TESTIS, IGF-I, FLOW, GH, APOPTOSIS, RATS
Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: We evaluated the effects of local and systemic growth hormone on the germ cell population of the contralateral testes of pubertal rats subjected to unilateral testicular torsion and orchiectomy 24 hours later.