cellular
• overall sperm count normal at P30 and 5 months
• decrease in the testicular sperm reserve at 2 months
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• increased proportions of apoptotic and dead spermatocytes in the seminiferous tubules 24h after injection with DNA-damaging agent N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) at 3 months
• higher levels of Trp53 protein in the testes 3 hours after ENU administration
• higher level of Ser15-phosphorylation of Trp53 in the testes 6 hours after ENU treatment
• increased level of apoptosis marker Bax in testes 6 hours after ENU treatment
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• increased apoptosis in spermatocytes at P12
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• reduction in the area, diameter and perimeter of the seminiferous tubules at 3 months
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• P30 and earlier
• average testicular mass to body mass ratio was 16.6% lower from 2 months
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reproductive system
• overall sperm count normal at P30 and 5 months
• decrease in the testicular sperm reserve at 2 months
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• increased apoptosis in spermatocytes at P12
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• reduction in the area, diameter and perimeter of the seminiferous tubules at 3 months
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• P30 and earlier
• average testicular mass to body mass ratio was 16.6% lower from 2 months
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