Molecular basis of bicarbonate membrane transport in the male reproductive tract

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 4037-4049

  Bernardino, R L ^a   Jesus, T T ^a   Martins, A D ^a   Sousa, M ^b   Barros, A ^b,c   Cavaco, J E ^a   Socorro, S ^a   Alves, M G ^a   Oliveira, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate transport; CFTR; Male fertility; Membrane transporters; SLC26; SLC4

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BICARBONATE; BICARBONATE SODIUM COTRANSPORTER; CYCLIC AMP; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; FOLLITROPIN; PENDRIN; SODIUM ION; SOLUTE CARRIER 26 TRANSPORTER; SOLUTE CARRIER 4 TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VOLUME; CHLORIDE DIARRHEA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DUCT; PENDRED SYNDROME; PROSTATE; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOCELE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 84887961875     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/15672050113109990200     Document Type: Article

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