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Cathepsin B plays a role in spermatogenesis and sperm maturation through regulating autophagy and apoptosis in mice.
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- Interplay of Ferroptosis, Cuproptosis, Autophagy and Pyroptosis in Male Infertility: Molecular Crossroads and Therapeutic Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Dietary Arginine Supplementation Modulates the Proteome of Boar Seminal Plasma.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Integrated mRNA- and miRNA-sequencing analyses unveil the underlying mechanism of tobacco pollutant-induced developmental toxicity in zebrafish embryos.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Actl7b deficiency leads to mislocalization of LC8 type dynein light chains and disruption of murine spermatogenesis.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Spermatogenesis and sperm maturation are complex and highly ordered biological processes. Any failure or disorder in these processes can cause defects in sperm morphology, motility, and fertilization ability. Cathepsin B (CTSB) is involved in the regulation of a variety of pathological processes. In the present study, we found that CTSB was abundantly expressed in the male reproductive system, however, the specific role of CTSB in regulating spermatogenesis and sperm maturation remained elusive. Hence, we generated
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