support from grants provided by the Gansu Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(23JRRA1046);the Gansu Association for Science and Technology(GSHZTS 2022-04);the National College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(202310730222).
Dear Editor,Solute carrier family 26 member 8(SLC26A8)gene belongs to the solute carrier 26(SLC26)family.It demonstrates distinct expression in male spermatozoa.This gene potentially plays a role in the formation of t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82071709,81971446,82171599,82374212);Global Select Project(DJK-LX-2022010)of the Institute of Health and Medicine,Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center;Joint Fund for New Medicine of USTC(YD9100002034)。
The structural integrity of the sperm flagellum is essential for proper sperm function.Flagellar defects can result in male infertility,yet the precise mechanisms underlying this relationship are not fully understood....
supported by the National Key Research and Developmental Program of China(2021YFC2700202,2022YFC2702601,2019YFA0802600,2022YFA0806303);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32470915,32000587,32270901,82171601);Global Select Project(DJK-LX-2022010)of the Institute of Health and Medicine,Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center,Joint Fund for New Medicine of USTC(YD9100002034);Scientific Research Foundation for Scholars of the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC(RC2023054)。
Infertility represents a significant health concern,with sperm quantity and quality being crucial determinants of male fertility.Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia(OAT)is characterized by reduced sperm motility,lower sperm ...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFC2702400);the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(32270902,31970785 and 32170855);the Faculty Resources Project of the College of Life Sciences,Inner Mongolia University(2022-104).
Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella(MMAF)are one of the major causes of male infertility and are characterized by multiple defects.In this study,we found that the coiled-coil domain-containing 1...
Basic Scientific Research Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.31800476);International Center for Bamboo and Rattan(Grant No.1632020011).
Rattan is a typical tropical climbing plant that uses flagella to climb supports to grow.A comprehensive understanding of the anatomic structure and micromechanics of rattan flagella might inspire more research on bio...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32070850);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31630050,31890780,and 32061143006);the National Key Research and Developmental Program of China(2018YFC1003900,2019YFA0802600,and 2016YFC1000600);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB19000000);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.YD2070002006).
Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella(MMAF)is a specific type of asthenoteratozoospermia,presenting with multiple morphological anomalies in spermatozoa,such as absent,bent,coiled,short,or irregul...
supported by grants from the Jiangsu Provincial Nature Science Foundation(BK20192005,China);National Natural Science Foundation of China(81630092,81903143,81802338,and 82072646);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars(LR21H160001);Start-up Grant of HZNU(4125C5021820470,China)。
Salmonella:mediated cancer therapy has achieved remarkable anti-tumor effects in experimental animal models,but the detailed mechanism remains unsolved.In this report,the active involvement of the host immune response...
The microstructure of bacterial is an important reference to design underwater swimmers. Applying Buckingham Pi Theorem is a possible method to build a scaled model based on a theore...
We thank Zhang Jie for her assistance in confocal analysis(Advanced Medical Research Institute,Shandong University).This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Programs of China(2018YFC1003400);the Young Scholars Program of Shandong University(2016WLJH50);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2017MH049).
Impaired flagellar development and impaired motility of sperm is a cause of infertility in males. Several genes, including those of the AKAP, CCDC, CFAP, and DNAH families, among others, are involved in the‘‘multipl...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2016YFA0500903, 2016YFA0503300, and 2017YFA0103803);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31530047 and 81771641);the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation (161037);the 333 Project of Jiangsu Province (BRA2016386);the Program for Distinguished Talents of Six Domains in Jiangsu Province (YY-019)
Flagellum in sperm is composed of over 200 different proteins and is essential for sperm motility. In particular, defects in the assembly of the radial spoke in the flagellum result in male infertility due to loss of ...