Human sperm capacitation induced by biological fluids and progesterone, but not by NADH or NADPH, is associated with the production of superoxide anion

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-225

  De Lamirande, Eve ^a   Harakat, Aziz ^b   Gagnon, Claude ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal cord serum; Follicular fluid; MCLA; Protein tyrosine phosphorylation; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm hyperactivation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROGESTERONE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; NAD; NADP; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SUPEROXIDES; TYROSINE;

EID: 0031902390     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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