The pentose phosphate pathway plays an essential role in supporting human sperm capacitation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2437-2440

  Miraglia, Erica ^a   Lussiana, Cristina ^a   Viarisio, Daniele ^a   Racca, Cinzia ^a   Cipriani, Alessia ^a   Gazzano, Elena ^a   Bosia, Amalia ^a   Revelli, Alberto ^a   Ghigo, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APOCYNIN; DIPHENYLIODONIUM SALT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXYGEN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; PRASTERONE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CATION; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ACETOPHENONES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MALE; NADPH OXIDASE; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77952566699     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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