Effects of post-density gradient swim-up on apoptosis signalling in human spermatozoa

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-131

  Grunewald, S ^a   Reinhardt, M ^a   Blumenauer, V ^b   Hmeidan, A F ^b   Glander, H J ^a   Paasch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Kinderwunschzentrum Leipzig Chemnitz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Assisted reproduction; Human spermatozoa; Swim up

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL SEPARATION; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77949704269     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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