Towards a physiological role for cytochrome P450 aromatase in ejaculated human sperm

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1650-1659

  Aquila, Saveria ^a   Sisci, Diego ^a   Gentile, Mariaelena ^a   Carpino, Amalia ^a   Middea, Emilia ^a   Catalano, Stefania ^a   Rago, Vittoria ^a   Andò, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Aromatizable androgens; Cytochrome P450 aromatase; Ejaculated sperm; Estrogen

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA DIHYDROEPITESTOSTERONE; ACROSIN; AGGLUTININ; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BUCLADESINE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LETROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; MIBOLERONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P42; PROTEIN P44; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING;

ANIMALIA; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0042624687     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg340     Document Type: Article

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