Mast cell-sperm interaction: Evidence for tryptase and proteinase-activated receptors in the regulation of sperm motility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2519-2524

  Weidinger, S ^a   Mayerhofer, A ^b   Frungieri, M B ^b   Meineke, V ^c   Ring, J ^a   Kohn, F M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Department of Radiobiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motility; PAR 2; Spermatozoa; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2 ANTIBODY; TRYPTASE; TRYPTASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

FALLOPIA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0348038791     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg476     Document Type: Article

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