Importance of sperm-to-epithelial cell contact for the capacitation of human spermatozoa in fallopian tube epithelial cell cocultures

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 780-784

  Ertan Kervancioglu, M ^a,b,c,f   Saridogan, Ertan ^b,c   John Aitken, R ^d,e   Djahanbakhch, Ovrang ^d  

^a Academic Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology and Reproductive Physiology   (Turkey)

^b St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine   (Turkey)

^c NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Zigomed Fertility Center   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Coculture; Fallopian tube; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE TUBE;

ADULT; CELL COMMUNICATION; COCULTURE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033795439     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01514-4     Document Type: Article

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