The sperm chemoattractant secreted from human cumulus cells is progesterone

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2339-2345

  Oren Benaroya, R ^a   Orvieto, R ^b   Gakamsky, A ^a   Pinchasov, M ^b   Eisenbach, M ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemoattractant; Cumulus cells; Progesterone; Sperm chemotaxis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HORMONE ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 52449110326     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den265     Document Type: Article

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