Search Results - "Focarelli, Riccardo"
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Menstrual cycle–related sialidase activity of the female cervical mucus is associated with exosome-like vesicles
Published in Fertility and sterility (01-10-2007)“…Objective To study endogenous sialidase activity in genital tract secretions of pregnant and nonpregnant women. Design Laboratory study. Setting Department of…”
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Cellular and molecular aspects of ovarian follicle ageing
Published in Human reproduction update (01-03-2008)“…It is well established that age-related decline of the biological capacity of a woman to reproduce is primarily related to the poor developmental potential of…”
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The 220-kDa Vitelline Coat Glycoprotein Mediates Sperm Binding in the Polarized Egg of Unio elongatulus through O-Linked Oligosaccharides
Published in Developmental biology (01-10-1995)“…In previous studies we found that two glycoproteins of 220 and 180 kDa account for 80-90% of the material dissolved from the vitelline coat (VC) of Unio…”
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Protein pathways working in human follicular fluid: the future for tailored IVF?
Published in Expert reviews in molecular medicine (06-05-2016)“…The human follicular fluid (HFF) contains molecules and proteins that may affect follicle growth, oocyte maturation and competence acquiring. Despite the…”
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Antioxidants reduce oxidative stress in follicular fluid of aged women undergoing IVF
Published in Reproductive biology and endocrinology (07-09-2016)“…The status characterized by the imbalance between pro-oxidants and antioxidants molecules, defined as oxidative stress, has been suggested to be involved in…”
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Dysregulation of GdA Expression in Endometrium of Women With Endometriosis: Implication for Endometrial Receptivity
Published in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (01-04-2018)“…Glycodelin-A (GdA) has been proposed to represent a potential biomarker of endometrial function, but little is known about its expression during the different…”
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Protein Profile of Capacitated versus Ejaculated Human Sperm
Published in Journal of proteome research (06-07-2009)“…Freshly ejaculated sperm acquire the fertilizing potential by a continuing process that occurs during sperm transport through the female genital tract, and it…”
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Sperm quality and pregnancy rate after COX-2 inhibitor therapy of infertile males with abacterial leukocytospermia
Published in Human reproduction (Oxford) (01-04-2007)“…BACKGROUND Leukocytes are a frequent finding in seminal plasma of infertile males with abacterial inflammation. We evaluated the effects of treatment with…”
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Protein modification as oxidative stress marker in normal and pathological human seminal plasma
Published in Redox report : communications in free radical research (01-09-2012)“…Objective Our study aims to assess the oxidative stress status of seminal plasma from normozoospermic, azoospermic, and leukocytospermic males, since abnormal…”
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fucose-containing O-glycoepitope on bovine and human nucleolin
Published in Glycobiology (Oxford) (01-04-2009)“…In this paper, we demonstrate the existence and localization of fucosyl-containing O-glycoforms of nucleolin in cultured bovine endothelial cells (CVEC) and…”
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The GPI-anchored CD52 antigen of the sperm surface interacts with semenogelin and participates in clot formation and liquefaction of human semen
Published in Molecular reproduction and development (01-02-2008)“…CD52 is a human glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)‐anchored antigen exclusively expressed in leukocytes and epididymal cells. It is also present in sperm,…”
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Impact of insemination technique, semen quality and oocyte cryopreservation on pronuclear morphology of zygotes derived from sibling oocytes
Published in Zygote (Cambridge) (01-02-2010)“…Pronuclear morphology seems to be an important predictive value of zygote development and integrity. In this study we want to evaluate the effect of…”
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Identification and characterization of a 38kDa glycoprotein functionally associated with mating activity of Paramecium primaurelia
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Identification and characterization of a 38 kDa glycoprotein functionally associated with mating activity of Paramecium primaurelia
Published in European journal of protistology (01-05-2008)“…In Paramecium primaurelia mating interactions take place immediately after mixing mating-competent cells of opposite mating types. The cells clump in clusters…”
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Envelope glycosylation determined by lectins in microscopy sections of Acinetobacter venetianus induced by diesel fuel
Published in Research in microbiology (01-07-2003)“…It was suggested in a previous study that cells of Acinetobacter venetianus VE-C3 adhere to diesel fuel by synthesizing a capsular polysaccharide containing…”
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Immunoglobulins against gp273, the ligand for sperm-egg interaction in the mollusc bivalve Unio elongatulus, are directed against charged O-linked oligosaccharide chains bearing a Lewis-like structure and interact with epitopes of the human zona pellucida
Published in Molecular reproduction and development (01-02-2003)“…In oocytes of the mollusc bivalve Unio elongatulus, gp273 is the ligand molecule for sperm–egg interaction and binding is mediated by its O‐glycans. A serum…”
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Gp273, the Ligand Molecule for Sperm-Egg Interaction in the Bivalve Mollusk, Unio elongatulus, Binds to and Induces Acrosome Reaction in Human Spermatozoa Through a Protein Kinase C-Dependent Pathway
Published in Biology of reproduction (01-12-2003)“…In a previous article, we suggested that gp273, the ligand molecule for sperm-egg interaction in the bivalve mollusk Unio elongatulus has functional…”
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Glycoconjugate profiles of the lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) ovary: a lectin histochemical study by laser confocal microscopy
Published in Zygote (Cambridge) (01-08-2004)“…The presence and the distribution of carbohydrate moieties in ripe lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) oocytes (mean diameter 130 microm) was studied by…”
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A sialoglycoprotein, gp20, of the human capacitated sperm surface is a homologue of the leukocyte CD52 antigen : analysis of the effect of anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody (CAMPATH-1) on capacitated spermatozoa
Published in Molecular human reproduction (1999)“…In this study we performed N-terminal sequence analysis of gp20, a 20 kDa sialoglycoprotein on the human sperm surface previously identified by radiolabelling…”
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