The long pentraxin 3 is a soluble and cell-associated component of the human semen

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-264

  Doni, Andrea ^a   Paffoni, Alessio ^b,e   Nebuloni, Manuela ^c   Ragni, Guido ^b   Pasqualini, Fabio ^a   Valentino, Sonia ^a   Bonetti, Silvia ^b,d   Mantovani, Alberto ^a,d   Somigliana, Edgardo ^b   Garlanda, Cecilia ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Ospedale 'Regina Elena'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male reproductive tract; Pentraxin; PTX3; Sperm

Indexed keywords

PENTRAXIN 3; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLES; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 65549137616     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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