RANTES and human sperm fertilizing ability: Effect on acrosome reaction and sperm/oocyte fusion

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 387-391

  Barbonetti, A ^a   Vassallo, M R C ^a   Antonangelo, C ^a   Nuccetelli, V ^a   D'Angeli, A ^a   Pelliccione, F ^a   Giorgi, M ^a   Francavilla, F ^a   Francavilla, Sandrof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Fertilization; Human spermatozoa; RANTES; Sperm oocyte fusion

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PROGESTERONE; RANTES;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZYGOTE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CHEMOKINE CCL5; CRICETINAE; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; PROGESTERONE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 47249083103     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gan031     Document Type: Article

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