Extragenomic actions of progesterone in human sperm and progesterone metabolites in human platelets

Capacitative calcium entry revisited

1990 • 1,499 citations

Physiology of Reproduction

2000 • 1,121 citations

Progesterone and 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone. Novel stimulators of calcium influx in human sperm.

1990 • 485 citations

Cloning and Functional Expression of a Human Ca2+-Permeable Cation Channel Activated by Calcium Store Depletion

1996 • 391 citations

Cell surface-binding sites for progesterone mediate calcium uptake in human sperm.

1991 • 291 citations

Induction of the acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa by a fraction of human follicular fluid

1986 • 288 citations

Purification and Partial Sequencing of High‐Affinity Progesterone‐Binding Site(s) from Porcine Liver Membranes

1996 • 276 citations

The Conserved Box 1 Motif of Cytokine Receptors Is Required for Association with JAK Kinases

1995 • 249 citations

Activation of mouse sperm T-type Ca ²⁺ channels by adhesion to the egg zona pellucida

1996 • 228 citations

Activation of voltage-dependent calcium channels of mammalian sperm is required for zona pellucida-induced acrosomal exocytosis

1992 • 224 citations

Full-Length cDNA Sequence of a Progesterone Membrane-Binding Protein from Porcine Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

1996 • 210 citations

An influx of extracelluar calcium is required for initiation of the human sperm acrosome reaction induced by human follicular fluid

1988 • 207 citations

Comparison of acrosome reaction-inducing activities of human cumulus oophorus, follicular fluid and ionophore A23187 in human sperm populations of proven fertilizing ability in vitro

1985 • 202 citations

Sperm attraction to a follicular factor(s) correlates with human egg fertilizability.

1991 • 187 citations

Human Sperm Plasma Membrane Progesterone Receptor(s) and the Acrosome Reaction1

1996 • 184 citations

Independent elevation of cytosolic [Ca2+] and pH of mammalian sperm by voltage-dependent and pH-sensitive mechanisms.

1987 • 183 citations

T‐type Ca²⁺ channels and α_1E expression in spermatogenic cells, and their possible relevance to the sperm acrosome reaction

1996 • 164 citations

Evidence Suggesting Involvement of a Unique Human Sperm Steroid Receptor/Cl- Channel Complex in the Progesterone-Initiated Acrosome Reaction

1993 • 161 citations

Direct effects of progesterone and antiprogesterone on human sperm hyperactivated motility and acrosome reaction

1992 • 151 citations

Alteration of intracellular [Ca2+] in sea urchin sperm by the egg peptide speract. Evidence that increased intracellular Ca2+ is coupled to Na+ entry and increased intracellular pH.

1986 • 145 citations

Cell surface localization of a novel non-genomic progesterone receptor on the head of human sperm

1991 • 141 citations

A dihydropyridine-sensitive T-type Ca2+ current is the main Ca2+ current carrier in mouse primary spermatocytes

1996 • 135 citations

Isolation and characterization of a novel gene induced by 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in rat liver

1996 • 122 citations

Ion fluxes through the progesterone-activated channel of the sperm plasma membrane

1993 • 107 citations

Andrology: Two functional assays of sperm responsiveness to progesterone and their predictive values in in-vitro fertilization

1996 • 104 citations

Calcium mobilization and influx during sperm exocytosis

1996 • 104 citations

Defective calcium influx and acrosome reaction (spontaneous and progesterone-induced) in spermatozoa of infertile men with severe teratozoospermia

1994 • 102 citations

Calcium and potassium currents in spermatogenic cells dissociated from rat seminiferous tubules.

1984 • 96 citations

Thapsigargin elevates and potentiates the ability of progesterone to increase intracellular free calcium in human sperm: possible role of perinuclear calcium

1993 • 94 citations

Metabolic and surface events in fertilization

1988 • 94 citations

Effect of progesterone on human zona pellucida sperm binding and oocyte penetrating capacity

1993 • 84 citations

Differential sensitivity of progesterone‐ and zona pellucida‐induced acrosome reactions to pertussis toxin

1993 • 83 citations

Progesterone-Mediated Efflux of Cytosolic Chloride During the Human Sperm Acrosome Reaction

1995 • 81 citations

Progesterone induces human sperm Chemotaxis

1995 • 75 citations

Decreased Responsiveness to Progesterone of Spermatozoa in Oligozoospermic Patients

1993 • 74 citations

Defective function of a nongenomic progesterone receptor as a sole sperm anomaly in infertile patients

1992 • 74 citations

Human follicular fluid stimulates hyperactivated motility in human sperm

1990 • 74 citations

Evidence that human follicular fluid contains a chemoattractant for spermatozoa

1990 • 72 citations

Follicular fluid estradiol and progesterone are markers of preovulatory oocyte quality

1987 • 65 citations

Ovarian sex steroids and atherosclerosis

1993 • 62 citations

Internal pH can regulate Ca2+ uptake and the acrosome reaction in sea urchin sperm

1987 • 55 citations

Voltage‐Dependent Calcium Channels and G_i Regulatory Protein Mediate the Human Sperm Acrosomal Exocytosis Induced by N‐Acetylglucosaminyl/Mannosyl Neoglycoproteins

1996 • 54 citations

Induction of the human sperm acrosome reaction with mannose-containing neoglycoprotein ligands

1997 • 50 citations

A plasma‐membrane progesterone receptor in human sperm is switched on by increasing intracellular free calcium

1993 • 48 citations

Insights into the Function of a Sperm-Surface Progesterone Receptor: Evidence of Ligand-Induced Receptor Aggregation and the Implication of Proteolysis

1993 • 47 citations

The cell surface progesterone receptor which stimulates calcium influx in human sperm is unlike the A ring reduced steroid site on the GABA A receptor/chloride channel

1994 • 46 citations

Progesterone initiation of the human sperm acrosome reaction: the obligatory increase in intracellular calcium is independent of the chloride requirement

1994 • 44 citations

Follicular fluid enhances sperm motility and velocity in vitro

1991 • 37 citations

Progesterone-evoked increases in sperm [Ca2+ ]1 correlate with the egg penetrating ability of sperm from fertile but not infertile men

1994 • 36 citations

Effects of polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors on the progesterone‐initiated increase in intracellular free Ca²⁺ and acrosome reactions in human sperm

1993 • 34 citations

Anticoagulant and estrogenic effects of two new 17β-aminoestrogens, butolame [17β-(4-hydroxy-1-butylamino)-1, 3,5(10)-estratrien-3-ol] and pentolame [17β-(5-hydroxy-1-pentylamino)-1, 3,5(10)-estratrien-3-ol]

1993 • 33 citations

Influence of hormones on platelet intracellular calcium

1995 • 31 citations

Biochemical and Immunological Characterization of the Acrosome Reaction-Inducing Substance (ARIS) of HFF

1994 • 31 citations

Andrology: Acrosome reaction inducing activity in follicular fluid correlates with progesterone concentration but not with oocyte maturity or fertilizability

1993 • 31 citations

Andrology: Undetectable expression of genomic progesterone receptor in human spermatozoa

1995 • 25 citations

Human Follicular Fluid Stimulates the Motility of Washed Human Sperm

1991 • 22 citations

Effect of Oestrogen Dose on Whole Blood Platelet Activation in Women Taking New Low Dose Oral Contraceptives

1994 • 21 citations

Effects of estradiol and progesterone on platelet calcium responses

1995 • 18 citations

Characteristics of Calcium Ion Influx Induced by Human Follicular Fluid in Individual Human Sperm

1996 • 18 citations

Carrier-mediated gamma-aminobutyric acid uptake in human spermatozoa indicating the presence of a high-affinity gamma-aminobutyric acid transport protein

1996 • 16 citations

Effect of some sex steroid hormones on human spermatozoa migration in vitro

1995 • 16 citations

Comparative effect of synthetic aminoestrogens with estradiol on platelet aggregation

1993 • 14 citations

Progesterone Stimulates GABA Uptake in Human Spermatozoa

1996 • 7 citations

Effects of Eltanolone on Myocardial Performance and Coronary Flow in Intact and Catecholamine-depleted Isolated Rabbit Hearts

1996 • 3 citations

[Synthetic estrogens--new pharmacological actions and mechanisms].

1994 • 2 citations