Potential novel biomarkers for diabetic testicular damage in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: nerve growth factor Beta and vascular endothelial growth factor.
Ali Rıza SismanMuge KirayUlas Mehmet CamsariMerve EvrenMehmet AtesBasak BaykaraIlkay AksuGuven GuvendiNazan Uysal HarzadinPublished in: Disease markers (2014)
These results suggest that the decrease of VEGF and NGF-β levels is associated with the increase of the apoptosis and testicular damage in diabetic rats. Testis VEGF and NGF-β levels could be potential novel biomarkers for diabetes induced testicular damage.