Cigarette smoking is associated with human semen quality in synergy with functional NRF2 polymorphisms

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yu, Bolan ^a   Chen, Jingyi ^b   Liu, Dan ^a   Zhou, Hua ^a   Xiao, Weiwei ^c   Xia, Xuefeng ^a   Huang, Zhaofeng ^b,d  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

NRF2; Semen quality; Smoking; Spermatogenesis; Synergetic effect

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; MESSENGER RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE ISOENZYME 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

NRF2; SEMEN QUALITY; SMOKING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYNERGETIC EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84889003706     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.109389     Document Type: Article

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