Regulation of male fertility by CFTR and implications in male infertility

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 703-713

  Chen, Hui ^a,b   Ruan, Ye Chun ^b   Xu, Wen Ming ^a   Chen, Jing ^b,c   Chan, Hsiao Chang ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFTR; Male fertility; Sperm capacitation; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ELECTROLYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONGENITAL BILATERAL ABSENCE OF VAS DEFERENS; CRYPTORCHISM; FLUID TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; TERATOSPERMIA;

ANIMALS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84867319616     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dms027     Document Type: Article

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