Profiling signaling proteins in human spermatozoa: Biomarker identification for sperm quality evaluation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 845-856.e8

  Silva, Joana Vieira ^a   Freitas, Maria João ^a   Correia, Bárbara Regadas ^a   Korrodi Gregório, Luís ^a   Patrício, António ^b   Pelech, Steven ^c,d   Fardilha, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Infante D Pedro EPE   (Portugal)

^c Kinexus Bioinformatics   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

conventional semen parameters; Human spermatozoa; molecular markers; signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASEIN KINASE II; CASPASE 3; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; DEATH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3ALPHA; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; JANUS KINASE 1; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 10; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 9; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NEUROTROPHIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; PROTEIN KINASE SYK; PROTEIN P53; S6 KINASE; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE; ADULT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOLYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942817659     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.06.039     Document Type: Article

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