@article{454a50f8426d419bacbc63aaa42041a6,
title = "Mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) as regulators of spermatogenesis and spermatozoa functions",
abstract = "Spermatogenesis, culminating in the generation of mature motile spermatozoa, is a complex biological process that is regulated by cytokines and hormones of the male reproductive system. Spermatozoa must first undergo a series of biochemical processes termed capacitation, which is followed by acrosome reaction and egg fertilization. Here we review the role of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) cascades in spermatogenesis and spermatozoa functions.",
keywords = "ERK, MAPK, Spermatogenesis, Spermatozoa",
author = "Tal Almog and Zvi Naor",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Irena Glass and Yelizabeta Makovsky from the Andrlogy Laboratory, Assuta Hashalom, Ramat-Gan, Israel, and Sarita Kaufman and Ana Umansky from the Male Infertility Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Israel, for the sperm samples and the interest in our studies. We also thank Drs. Shlomi Lazar, Nachum Reiss, Eyal Milch, Ronit Rotem, Haim Brietbart, Rony Seger, Arieh Raziel and the late Moshe Kalina for long collaboration. We also thank Nir Etkovitz and Masha Dobkin-Bekman for help and collaboration. Our work in the field received financial support from the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Program of Research Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organization, Project A15118 and from the Ministry of Science and Technology (NOFAR, 2003).",
year = "2008",
month = jan,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1016/j.mce.2007.11.011",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "282",
pages = "39--44",
journal = "Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology",
issn = "0303-7207",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
number = "1-2",
}