Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibition enhances human sperm motility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1931-1937

  Luconi, Michaela ^a   Marra, Fabio ^b   Gandini, Loredana ^c   Filimberti, Erminio ^a   Lenzi, Andrea ^c   Forti, Gianni ^a   Baldi, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a Unità di Andrologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human; LY294002; Motility; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase inhibitor; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; WORTMANNIN;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0034814881     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.9.1931     Document Type: Article

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