Human spermatozoa capacitated with progesterone or a long incubation show accelerated internalization by an alkyl ether lysophospholipid

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 605-610

  Yamano, Shuji ^b   Yamazaki, Jun ^b   Irahara, Minoru ^b   Tokumura, Akira ^c   Nakagawa, Koji ^a   Saito, Hidekazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Flip flop movement; Membrane fluidity; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

1 O ALKYLGLYCERO 3 PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; ALBUMIN; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INTERNALIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642378758     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.036     Document Type: Article

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