Oxidative stress and human spermatozoa: Diagnostic and functional significance of aldehydes generated as a result of lipid peroxidation

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 502-515

  Moazamian, Ryan ^a,b,c   Polhemus, Ashley ^a,b,c   Connaughton, Haley ^a,b   Fraser, Barbara ^a,b   Whiting, Sara ^a,b   Gharagozloo, Parviz ^c   Aitken, Robert John ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c CELLOXESS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Lipid aldehydes; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL; ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CASPASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NUCLEOPHILE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; 4-HYDROXY-2-NONENAL; ALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRESS; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; APOPTOSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALDEHYDES; APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84942124776     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gav014     Document Type: Article

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