Expression of SLC26A3, CFTR and NHE3 in the human male reproductive tract: Role in male subfertility caused by congenital chloride diarrhoea

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-111

  Hihnala, Satu ^a   Kujala, M ^a,b   Toppari, J ^c   Kere, J ^a,d   Holmberg, C ^a   Hoglund P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFTR; Congenital chloride diarrhoea; Male fertility; NHE3; SLC26A3

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 3; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 26 MEMBER 3; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACHYTENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCELE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPORTERS; CHLORIDES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DIARRHEA; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; SPERMATOCELE;

EID: 33645529125     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal009     Document Type: Article

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