Human sperm express a functional androgen receptor: Effects on PI3K/AKT pathway

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2594-2605

  Aquila, Saveria ^a   Middea, Emilia ^a   Catalano, Stefania ^a   Marsico, Stefania ^a   Lanzino, Marilena ^a   Casaburi, Ivan ^a   Barone, Ines ^a   Bruno, Rosalinda ^a   Zupo, Silvia ^a   Andò, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Androgens; Human sperm; Male reproduction; PI3K AKT

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; BICALUTAMIDE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; HYDROXYFLUTAMIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; WORTMANNIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS;

EID: 34548833589     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem243     Document Type: Article

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