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ArticleJournal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban2014

Expression of Attractin in male reproductive tract of human and mice and its correlation with male reproduction.

Dan Cheng, Yu Ming, Jie Li, Yan Chi, Hong-Gang Li, Yu-Jie Zou, Cheng-Liang Xiong

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Article in Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Attractin Participates in Schizophrenia by Affecting Testosterone Levels.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dan ChengFamily Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Yu MingFamily Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Jie LiReproductive Medical Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Yan ChiFamily Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Hong-Gang LiFamily Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Yu-Jie ZouReproductive Medical Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Cheng-Liang XiongFamily Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. clxiong951@sina.com.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNRenmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CNWuhan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The expression of Attractin mRNA and protein in testis and semen of human and male mice was investigated. Human testis and semen samples were all collected from Reproductive Center of Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University in December, 2012. Testis samples were collected from 7 cases of obstructive azoospermias when they were subjected to diagnosed testis biopsy, and 30 normal human semen samples were obtained from those cases of semen analysis. Adult mice testis tissues were obtained from 10 2-month-old male BALB/c mice, and 60 male mice at different ages were classified into 10 groups (day 1, 5, 10, 15, 21, 28, 35, 42, 56, and 120 respectively, n=6 each). The expression of Attractin mRNA and protein in testis was detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting respectively. Human semen samples were centrifuged into sperm plasma (SP) and sperm extract (SE), and mice sperm samples were collected from the epididymis of 10 adult male BALB/c mice. Western blotting was used to determine the Attractin protein expression level. Attractin mRNA and protein were expressed in the testis of both patients with obstructive azoospermias and adult Bcl/B mice. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed that no Attractin mRNA was detectable in day 1 male BALB/c mice group. The Attractin mRNA and protein levels were low on the day 10, and increased with age until day 56. On the day 120, the expression levels of Attractin were decreased. As for human semen samples, Attractin protein was expressed in both SP and SE, but didn't exist in samples from the epididymis of male BALB/c mice. It was suggested that Attractin acted as a novel active substance and was involved in male reproduction in both human and BALB/c mice, but it exerted a different expression profile in different mammal species.

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Gene Expression ProfilingAgingAnimalsBlotting, WesternMaleMembrane ProteinsMice, Inbred BALB CReproductionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSemenSpecies SpecificitySpermatozoaTestisTime FactorsATRN protein, humanAtrn protein, mouseMembrane Proteins

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