New insights into the regulation of cholesterol efflux from the sperm membrane

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 561-567

  Leahy, Tamara ^a   Gadella, Bart M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

albumin; ATP binding cassette transporters; high density lipoprotein; lipid rafts; membrane fluidity; membrane microdomains; membrane packing; oxysterols; reverse cholesterol transport; sterol transporters

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALBUMIN; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; OXYSTEROL; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; STEROL;

BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM PLASMA MEMBRANE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; STEROLS;

EID: 84973441793     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.153309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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