Mitochondria, spermatogenesis and male infertility

Mitochondrion

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 419-428

  Rajender, Singh ^a   Rahul, Pandey ^b   Mahdi, Abbas Ali ^b  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial mutation; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); THIOL OXIDASE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; APOPTOSIS; ASTHENOSPERMIA; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 77955418014     PISSN: 15677249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.05.015     Document Type: Review

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