Dimethyl Sulfoxide Attenuates Radiation-Induced Testicular Injury through Facilitating DNA Double-Strand Break Repair

Table 1

Fertility assessment 60 days after total body irradiation.

Group	Pregnant female (%)	Time interval from mating to childbirth (days)	Litter size
Unirradiated	100.0
5 Gy+vehicle	50.0	^###	^###
5 Gy+DMSO	83.3

Female mice () for each group; values are expressed as . ^### for 5 Gy+vehicle vs. unirradiated. for 5 Gy+DMSO vs. 5 Gy+vehicle; for 5 Gy+DMSO vs. 5 Gy+vehicle.