… is absolutely required for penetrating the oocyte zona pellucida … cells undergoing apoptosis,
other markers of apoptosis … the influence of chemotactic signals. Chemotaxis may therefore …

… sperm cell” requires they have the ability to fertilize an oocyte, … of penetrating/ non-penetrating
agents with CPA in relation … due to the bacteria which induce sperm apoptosis [51] and …

… knowledge on the biology of sperm-egg interaction, focusing on … inner acrosomal sperm
membrane leading to zona penetration. … The fertilization capacity of apoptotic sperm has been …

… human sperm penetration assay (SPA), of hamster oocytes, to diagnose men with impaired
sperm fusogenic capacity. … Human spermatozoa displaying apoptosis-like features such as …

… ) to add the ability of retaining apoptotic sperm. This was achieved by … oocytes were used
to evaluate oocyte penetration potential and chromatin decondensation of non-apoptotic sperm …

… leptin signal transduction or apoptosis-related genes in oocytes … , and oocytes without a
penetrated sperm head were … during oocyte maturation reduced the proportion of apoptotic …

… mature oocyte depends on fine cross-talk signalling between … decreased sperm binding
and reduced penetration ability, so … the connection between the cumulus cells and the oocyte, …

… Nevertheless, the link between EPS and sperm apoptosis is … be converted in the apoptotic
signal for elimination by phagocytic … oocyte penetration capacity in a zona free hamster sperm …

… of these cells to fertilise an oocyte; it also needs to … major points of difference between
apoptosis in spermatozoa and … midpiece and penetrate the nuclear compartment is H 2 O 2 . It is …

… Pattern I include spermatozoa with no fluorescence signal in … penetrating oocytes, some
NB sperm can penetrate oocytes … , far from the oocyte, sperm initiate the apoptosis pathway. In …