Association between kallikrein-related peptidases (KLKs) and macroscopic indicators of semen analysis: Their relation to sperm motility

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 390, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 921-929

  Emami, Nashmil ^a,b   Scorilas, Andreas ^c   Soosaipillai, Antoninus ^b   Earle, Tammy ^b   Mullen, Brendan ^a,b   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyperviscosity; Kallikrein related peptidases; Prostate specific antigen (PSA); Semen analysis; Semen liquefaction; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KALLIKREIN 6; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 1; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 10; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 11; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 13; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 14; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 2; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 3; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 5; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 7; KALLIKREIN RELATED PEPTIDASE 8; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUEFACTION; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 70349453993     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2009.094     Document Type: Article

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