Characterization of the endocannabinoid system in human spermatozoa and involvement of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 receptor in their fertilizing ability

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4692-4700

  Francavilla, Felice ^a   Battista, N ^b   Barbonetti, A ^a   Vassallo, M R C ^a   Rapino, C ^b   Antonangelo, C ^a   Pasquariello, N ^b   Catanzaro, G ^b   Barboni, B ^b   Maccarrone, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CAPSAZEPINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CAPSAICIN; CRICETINAE; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SPERMATOZOA; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 70349328116     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0057     Document Type: Article

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