Use of mannose ligands in IVF screens to mimic zona pellucida-induced acrosome reactions and predict fertilization success

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 839-846

  Benoff, Susan ^a,b   Hurley, Ian R ^a   Mandel, Francine S ^b   Paine, Terry ^a   Jacob, Asha ^a   Cooper, George W ^a   Hershlag, Avner ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Induced acrosome loss; IVF; Mannose receptor aggregation; Sperm oocyte binding

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LIGAND; MANNOSE; MANNOSE BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN CONJUGATE; MANNOSE-BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN CONJUGATE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIGANDS; MALE; MANNOSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031241721     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.10.839     Document Type: Article

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