Phospholipase C zeta(PLCζ)is a sperm-specific protein that triggers oocyte activation.The analysis of PLCζexpression in human spermatozoa can be used as a diagnostic marker for oocyte activation deficiency.Our labor...
by grants from the innovation grant by Shanghai Hospital Development Center(SHDC12015105)to Jianfeng Xu;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81772741);Shanghai Rising-Star Program(Grant No.18QA1402800);the“Chen Guang”project supported by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission;Shanghai Education Development Foundation;Shanghai Municipal Education Commission-Gaofeng Clinical Medicine Grant Support(Grant No.20181701)to Rong Na.
To evaluate whether prostate volume(PV)would provide additional predictive utility to the prostate health index(phi)for predicting prostate cancer(PCa)or clinically significant prostate cancer,we designed a prospectiv...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 81672547, 81402110, and 81272820); Science and Technology Support Program of Sichuan Province (2015SZ0142); and the 1.3.5 project for disciplines of excellence, West China Hospital, Sichuan University.
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