Glycosylation related actions of glycodelin: Gamete, cumulus cell, immune cell and clinical associations

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-287

  Seppala M ^a,c   Koistinen, H ^a   Koistinen, R ^a   Chiu, P C N ^b   Yeung, W S B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Fertilization; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 5; GLYCODELIN A; GLYCODELIN C; GLYCODELIN F; GLYCODELIN S; GLYCOPROTEIN; METFORMIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PAEP PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLACENTA PROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTRACEPTION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERM CELL; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON;

FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34347233136     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmm004     Document Type: Review

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