Spermicidal activity of bacterial lipopolysaccharide is only partly due to lipid A

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 774-779

  Hakimi, Hamid ^a   Geary, Ian ^a   Pacey, Allan ^b   Eley, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Human sperm; Kdo

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; CASPASE; CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR; CD14 ANTIGEN; LIPID A; LIPOCORTIN 5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYMYXIN B; SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD14; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; HUMANS; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; POLYMYXIN B; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; SPERMATOZOA; SUGAR ACIDS;

EID: 33751562119     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000083     Document Type: Article

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