Lycopene Attenuates Hypoxia-Induced Testicular Injury by Inhibiting PROK2 Expression and Activating PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway in a Varicocele Adult Rat

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(a–c) Representative image of HE staining for NG, VG, and VLG group, respectively. Representative image of TUNEL for NG, VG, and VLG. (g) Ratio of apoptosis cell to tubule in testis for all groups. means  < 0.05 compared to VG. (f) Relative mRNA expression of PROK2 and PROKR2 in testis for all groups. means  < 0.05 compared to VG. Scale bars shown in each figure represent 100 μm. Black arrows point to representative apoptotic cells.

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