Activation of caspases in human spermatozoa during cryopreservation - An immunoblot study

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-90

  Wündrich, Katja ^a   Paasch, Uwe ^a   Leicht, Monika ^a   Glander, Hans Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caspases; Cryopreservation; Glycerol; Human spermatozoa; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ENZYME ANTIBODY; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LUMINOL; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SPERM DONOR; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33646920044     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-005-0276-7     Document Type: Article

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