Prostasomes - Their effects on human male reproduction and fertility

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-292

  Burden, Helena P ^a,b   Holmes, C H ^c   Persad, R ^b   Whittington, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Male fertility; Prostasomes; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANNEXIN; CALMODULIN; CD59 ANTIGEN; CHAPERONE; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; EZRIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KALLIKREIN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ENZYME; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROFILIN; PROSTASOMAL PROTEIN; PROSTATE PROTEIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RAB PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RHO FACTOR; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ACROSOME REACTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL STUDY; EJACULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTASOMES; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SECRETION; PROSTATITIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SECRETORY GRANULE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS;

CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33645805450     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmi052     Document Type: Review

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