ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

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ey0021.14-2 | Basic Biology and Molecular Mechanisms | ESPEYB21

14.2. Human fertilization in vivo and in vitro requires the CatSper channel to initiate sperm hyperactivation

S Young , C Schiffer , A Wagner , J Patz , A Potapenko , L Herrmann , V Nordhoff , T Pock , C Krallmann , B Stallmeyer , A Ropke , M Kierzek , C Biagioni , T Wang , L Haalck , D Deuster , JN Hansen , D Wachten , B Risse , HM Behre , S Schlatt , S Kliesch , F Tuttelmann , C Brenker , T. Strunker

Short summary: This study examined ex vivo the function of the sperm-specific CatSper-channel in almost 2300 men undergoing investigation for infertility. In 9 infertile men with normal semen analysis but pathologic sperm motility, biallelic variants in genes forming the CatSper-channel were found, either in CATSPER2 or CATSPERE. These men and their partners failed to conceive naturally and medically assisted reproduction (MAR) was successful only via intracytoplasmic...
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ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology
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