Acrosin antibodies and infertility. I. Detection of antibodies towards proacrosin/acrosin in women consulting for infertility and evaluation of their effects upon the sperm protease activities

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1245-1255

  Veaute, Carolina ^a   Furlong, Laura I ^a   Bronson, Richard ^b   Harris, Jeffrey D ^c   Vazquez Levin, Mónica H ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Zonagen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

acrosin; amidase; antisperm antibodies; binding; ELISA; female; Human; immunobead binding test; immunologic; infertility; proacrosin; proteinase activity; recombinant proteins; spermatozoa; women; ZP

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ACROSIN ANTIBODY; AMIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROACROSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPERM ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSIN; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; EGG PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949144915     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.072     Document Type: Article

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