Human sperm anatomy and endocrinology in varicocele: Role of androgen receptor

Reproduction

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 589-598

  Guido, Carmela ^a   Santoro, Marta ^a   De Amicis, Francesca ^a   Perrotta, Ida ^a   Panza, Salvatore ^a   Rago, Vittoria ^a   Cesario, Maria Grazia ^a   Lanzino, Marilena ^a   Aquila, Saveria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; GLUCOSE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMETE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MITOCHONDRION; SPERMATOZOON NECK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARICOCELE; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLS, CULTURED; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84898954770     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0542     Document Type: Article

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