Involvement of the inflammasome in abnormal semen quality of men with spinal cord injury

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xianyang ^a   Ibrahim, Emad ^a   De Rivero Vaccari, Juan Pablo ^a   Lotocki, George ^a   Aballa, Teodoro C ^a   Dietrich, W Dalton ^a   Keane, Robert W ^a   Lynne, Charles M ^a   Brackett, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

caspase 1; Inflammasome; seminal plasma; sperm; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN SIGNALING PROTEIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84871926171     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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