Protease activated receptor 2 and epidermal growth factor receptor are involved in the regulation of human sperm motility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 690-696

  Zitta, Karina ^a,b   Albrecht, Martin ^b   Weidinger, Stephan ^a   Mayerhofer, Artur ^b   Köhn, Frank ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor receptor; Motility; Protease activated receptor; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

4 (3 CHLOROANILINO) 6,7 DIMETHOXYQUINAZOLINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; N [4 (3 BROMOANILINO) 6 QUINAZOLINYL]ACRYLAMIDE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EJACULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OLIGOPEPTIDES; QUINAZOLINES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, PAR-2; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TYRPHOSTINS;

EID: 34548417153     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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