Mitochondria of human spermatozoa are preferentially susceptible to apoptosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1030, Issue , 2004, Pages 403-409

  Paasch, Uwe ^a   Grunewald, Sonja ^a   Dathe, Sylvia ^a   Glander, Hans Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis induction; Betulinic acid; Caspases; Human spermatozoa; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

BETULIC ACID; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; FAS ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 15044358329     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1329.050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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