Mitochondrial membrane potential disruption pattern in human sperm

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2079-2085

  Espinoza, Jaime A ^a   Paasch, Uwe ^b   Villegas, Juana V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Betulinic acid; Caspases; Human spermatozoa; Mitochondrial membrane potential

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BETULIC ACID; CASPASE; CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR; CASPASE 7; CASPASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SPERMATOZOA; TRITERPENES;

EID: 68949219601     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep120     Document Type: Article

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