… capacitation; in fact, several studies showed a correlation between the degree of … sperm
acquire fertilizing ability during capacitation and hence, the assessment of oocyte penetration, as …

… is not that the sperm tail is discarded outside the oocyte at … following penetration of the
entire male gamete into the oocyte … signalling may be involved in the sperm intrinsic apoptotic …

… beneficial effect on sperm penetration into oocytes, whilst low … for its ability to repair H 2 O 2
-induced sperm DNA damage … better protection against embryonic apoptosis (Vandaele et al. …

… , sperm should be able to reach the cumulus-oocyte complex, get through the hyaluronic matrix
of the cumulus and penetrate the … virtually no signal was observed in the oocyte (Fig. 2e). …

… apoptosis signalling pathways through specific induction and inhibition of key players in
the caspase-dependent pathway in functional and morphologically normal human sperm …

… the standardized hamster oocyte penetration assay simulating in … All fluorescence signals of
labeled spermatozoa were … of an association between sperm apoptosis signaling and sperm …

… relationships between these two events and identifying the epididymal signals able to control
spermatozoon … involved in egg-binding and -fertilization ability of spermatozoa. Based on …

… from apoptosis could be operating in those oocytes that did … may account for the ability of
mouse oocytes to recover their … of signal transduction events associated with egg fertilization…

… The attributes of sperm movement required to penetrate the … the oocyte highlights a major
conundrum in the diagnosis of … correlation between the spontaneous MSR and DHE signals …

… death if they fail to fertilize the oocyte [16]. Thus, the key … YO-PRO penetrates the plasmalemma
of sperm committed to … the interactions between parts of the apoptotic signal transduction …