Activation pattern of caspases in human spermatozoa

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 802-809

  Paasch, Uwe ^a   Grunewald, Sonja ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^b   Glandera, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Externalization of phosphatidylserine; Human spermatozoa; Immunomagnetic cell depletion

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LIPOCORTIN 5; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAWING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANNEXIN A5; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SEPARATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1542408697     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.030     Document Type: Article

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