Recombinant human zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 induces calcium influx and acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa

A new generation of Ca2+ indicators with greatly improved fluorescence properties.

1985 • 21,873 citations

The Physiology of Reproduction

1988 • 7,765 citations

Mammalian sperm-egg interaction: Identification of a glycoprotein in mouse egg zonae pellucidae possessing receptor activity for sperm

1980 • 704 citations

O-linked oligosaccharides of mouse egg ZP3 account for its sperm receptor activity

1985 • 587 citations

Fluorescence and bioluminescence measurement of cytoplasmic free calcium

1987 • 522 citations

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

1990 • 485 citations

Steroid induced exocytosis: The human sperm acrosome reaction

1989 • 413 citations

Profile of a mammalian sperm receptor1,2

1990 • 367 citations

95 kd sperm proteins bind ZP3 and serve as tyrosine kinase substrates in response to zona binding

1989 • 341 citations

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis in human sperm stimulated with follicular fluid or progesterone is dependent upon Ca2+ influx

1989 • 318 citations

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

1986 • 288 citations

Induction of Acrosome Reactions by the Human Zona Pellucida1

1988 • 280 citations

Molecular Events Mediating Sperm Activation

1993 • 242 citations

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

1988 • 207 citations

Sequential Focal and Global Elevations of Sperm Intracellular Ca2+ Are Initiated by the Zona Pellucida during Acrosomal Exocytosis

1994 • 200 citations

Human homolog of the mouse sperm receptor.

1990 • 166 citations

Recombinant Human Zona Pellucida Protein ZP3 Produced by Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Induces the Human Sperm Acrosome Reaction and Promotes Sperm-Egg Fusion

1994 • 158 citations

OPINION

1991 • 156 citations

Analysis of Human Sperm Function Following Exposure to the Ionophore A23187

1984 • 144 citations

Andrology: Disordered acrosome reaction of spermatozoa bound to the zona pellucida: a newly discovered sperm defect causing infertility with reduced sperm-zona pellucida penetration and reduced fertilization in vitro

1994 • 132 citations

The human sperm acrosome reaction: physiology and regulatory mechanisms. An update

1995 • 123 citations

Calcium influx into mouse spermatozoa activated by solubilized mouse zona pellucida, monitored with the calcium fluorescent indicator, fluo‐3. inhibition of the influx by three inhibitors of the zona pellucida induced acrosome reaction: Tyrphostin A48, pertussis toxin, and 3‐quinuclidinyl benzilate

1994 • 90 citations

A guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein in human sperm mediates acrosomal exocytosis induced by the human zona pellucida

1992 • 87 citations

Towards molecular mechanisms for gamete adhesion and fusion during mammalian fertilization

1995 • 87 citations

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

1993 • 83 citations

The zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa is mediated by protein kinases

1994 • 81 citations

Mouse Gamete Adhesion Molecules1

1992 • 80 citations

A simple method for assessment of the human acrosome reaction of spermatozoa bound to the zona spellucida: lack of relationship with ionophore A23187-induced acrosome reaction

1996 • 70 citations

Fucoidin inhibits the zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa

1991 • 64 citations

Visualization and characterization of the acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa by immunolocalization with monoclonal antibody

1987 • 61 citations

The sequential effects of human cervical mucus, oviductal fluid, and follicular fluid on sperm function

1994 • 59 citations

Sperm bound to zona pellucida in hemizona assay demonstrate acrosome reaction when stained with T-6 antibody

1990 • 46 citations

Are capacitation or calcium ion influx required for the human sperm acrosome reaction?

1994 • 45 citations

A transient rise in intracellular Ca²⁺ is a precursor reaction to the zona pellucida‐induced acrosome reaction in mouse sperm and is blocked by the induced acrosome reaction inhibitor 3‐quinuclidinyl benzilate

1992 • 43 citations

Measurement of intracellular calcium in human spermatozoa

1986 • 43 citations

Donor insemination—a look to the future

1990 • 41 citations

Sperm-oocyte interaction: studies on the kinetics of zona pellucida binding and acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa

2009 • 41 citations

Intracellular calcium measurements in individual human sperm demonstrate that the majority can respond to progesterone

1995 • 35 citations

Monoclonal antibody against a sperm antigen Mr 95 000 inhibits attachment of human spermatozoa to the zona pellucida

1987 • 26 citations

Induction of the acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa by human zona pellucida and effect of cervical mucus on zona-induced acrosome reaction

1993 • 24 citations

Induction of capacitation in human spermatozoa in vitro by an endometrial sialic acid-binding protein

1995 • 21 citations

Thyrotrophin, but not forskolin, increases intracellular free calcium and calmodulin in pig thyroid cells

1991 • 11 citations