Major protein alterations in spermatozoa from infertile men with unilateral varicocele

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Sharma, Rakesh ^a   Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi ^a   Ayaz, Ahmet ^a   Cui, Zhihong ^a   Willard, Belinda ^a   Gopalan, Banu ^a   Sabanegh, Edmund ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Male infertility; Proteins; Proteomics; Spermatozoa; Unilateral varicocele; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGINASE 2; BETA TUBULIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; CYSTEINE RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN 2 PRECURSOR; LACTOFERRIN; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SEMENOGELIN 1 PREPROTEIN; SEMENOGELIN 2 PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84925955973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0007-2     Document Type: Article

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