Growth/differentiation factor-15 is an abundant cytokine in human seminal plasma

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2962-2971

  Souček, Karel ^a   Slabáková, Eva ^a   Ovesná, Petra ^b   Malenovská, Alice ^c   Kozubík, Alois ^a   Hampl, Aleš ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Clinic of Reproductive Medicine   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

FOXP3; growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF 15 MIC 1); seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 15;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 78649528682     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq264     Document Type: Article

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