Cellular maturity and apoptosis in human sperm: Creatine kinase, caspase-3 and Bcl-XL levels in mature and diminished maturity sperm

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 365-372

  Cayli, Sevil ^a,b   Sakkas, Denny ^a   Vigue, Lynne ^a   Demir, Ramazan ^b   Huszar, Gabor ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; HspA2; Hyaluronic acid; Maturity; Morphometry; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CASPASE 3; CHAPERONE; CREATINE KINASE; HYALURONIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL XL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STAINING;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CREATINE KINASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 2642527705     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah050     Document Type: Article

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