miRNA‐138‐5p suppresses cigarette smoke‐induced apoptosis in testicular cells by targeting Caspase‐3 through the Bcl‐2 signaling pathway

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Long-term cigarette smoking (CS) can cause testicular toxicity, which interferes with normal spermatogenesis and leads to male infertility. One possible mechanism for this is the activation of the apoptosis signaling pathway, which leads to the irreversible apoptosis of testicular cells. However, the exact mechanism for this is not completely understood. Cell viability, cell apoptosis, and lactate dehydrogenase...

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