Activation of protein kinase A stimulates the progesterone-induced calcium influx in human sperm exposed to the phosphodiesterase inhibitor papaverine

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 549-557

  Torres Flores, Víctor ^a   Hernández Rueda, Yadira Libertad ^a   Neri Vidaurri, Paloma Del Carmen ^a   Jiménez Trejo, Francisco ^a   Calderón Salinas, Víctor ^b   Molina Guarneros, Juan A ^a   González Marttínez, Marco T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cAMP; Intracellular calcium; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GENISTEIN; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PAPAVERINE; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; HUMANS; MALE; PAPAVERINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PROGESTERONE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 52949126303     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.004614     Document Type: Article

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