Antimicrobial host defence peptide, LL-37, as a potential vaginal contraceptive

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 683-696

  Srakaew, Nopparat ^a   Young, Charlene D ^a   Sae Wu, Arpornrad ^a   Xu, Hongbin ^a,b   Quesnel, Krista L ^a,b   Di Brisco, Riccardo ^a   Kongmanas, Kessiri ^a,b   Fongmoon, Duriya ^a   Hommalai, Greanggrai ^a   Weerachatyanukul, Wattana ^c   Hall, Susan H ^d   Zhang, Yong Lian ^e   Panza, Luigi ^f   Franchini, Laura ^g   Compostella, Federica ^g   Pearson, Terry W ^h   Hancock, Robert E ⁱ   Oko, Richard J ^j   Hermo, Louis S ^k   Tanphaichitr, Nongnuj ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

LL 37; Sperm fertilizing ability; Sperm plasma membrane; Vaginal contraceptive

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CAP18 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-BINDING PROTEIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERUS CAVITY; VAGINA CONTRACEPTION; VIDEO MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84898944079     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu018     Document Type: Article

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