Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 5 , Pages 1378-1387 , 15 March 2010

The CB2 cannabinoid receptor regulates human sperm cell motility

  • Ekaitz Agirregoitia, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Biscay, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ekaitz Agirregoitia, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country, P.O. Box 699, E-48080, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain (TEL: +34 94 601 5671; FAX: +34 94 601 5662).
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  • Arkaitz Carracedo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Biology Program, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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  • Nerea Subirán, J.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Biscay, Spain
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  • Asier Valdivia, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Biscay, Spain
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  • Naiara Agirregoitia, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Biscay, Spain
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  • Laura Peralta, J.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Biscay, Spain
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  • Guillermo Velasco, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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  • Jon Irazusta, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Biscay, Spain

Received 2 December 2008 ,Revised 20 January 2009 ,Accepted 22 January 2009.

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 Supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (BFU2006-07779/BFI).

 E.A. has nothing to disclose. A.C. has nothing to disclose. N.S. holds a fellowship from the University of the Basque Country (Research and Innovation Deanship). A.V. has nothing to disclose. N.A. has nothing to disclose. L.P. has nothing to disclose. G.V. has nothing to disclose. J.I. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00284-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.153

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 5 , Pages 1378-1387 , 15 March 2010

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