The epididymis as a target for male contraceptive development

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2010, Pages 117-137

  Hinton, B T ^a   Cooper, T G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood epididymis barrier; Epididymal gene knockout mice; Epididymal proteins; Epididymal transporters; Epididymis; Sperm maturation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 2; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR BETA; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; EPIDIDYMAL SECRETORY PROTEIN; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AZOOSPERMIA; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG TARGETING; EPIDIDYMIS; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; EPIDIDYMAL SECRETORY PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 77956922682     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02062-9_8     Document Type: Review

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