"Acrosome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The cap-like structure covering the anterior portion of SPERM HEAD. Acrosome, derived from LYSOSOMES, is a membrane-bound organelle that contains the required hydrolytic and proteolytic enzymes necessary for sperm penetration of the egg in FERTILIZATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D000177
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.490.890.820.100 A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.550.040 A11.497.760.400.100
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Acrosome".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Acrosome".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Acrosome" by people in this website by year, and whether "Acrosome" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Acrosome" by people in Profiles.
-
Fereshteh Z, Bathala P, Galileo DS, Martin-DeLeon PA. Detection of extracellular vesicles in the mouse vaginal fluid: Their delivery of sperm proteins that stimulate capacitation and modulate fertility. J Cell Physiol. 2019 08; 234(8):12745-12756.
-
Smith MA, Michael R, Aravindan RG, Dash S, Shah SI, Galileo DS, Martin-DeLeon PA. Anatase titanium dioxide nanoparticles in mice: evidence for induced structural and functional sperm defects after short-, but not long-, term exposure. Asian J Androl. 2015 Mar-Apr; 17(2):261-8.
-
Glazier DB, Marmar JL, Diamond SM, Gibbs M, Corson SL. A modified acrosome induction test. Arch Androl. 2000 Jan-Feb; 44(1):59-64.
-
Glassner M, Jones J, Kligman I, Woolkalis MJ, Gerton GL, Kopf GS. Immunocytochemical and biochemical characterization of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins in mammalian spermatozoa. Dev Biol. 1991 Aug; 146(2):438-50.
-
Kligman I, Glassner M, Storey BT, Kopf GS. Zona pellucida-mediated acrosomal exocytosis in mouse spermatozoa: characterization of an intermediate stage prior to the completion of the acrosome reaction. Dev Biol. 1991 Jun; 145(2):344-55.
-
Corson SL. Fertility rates in men with normal semen characteristics: spermatozoal testing by induction of the acrosome reaction and Wright-Giemsa staining for subtle abnormal forms. Obstet Gynecol. 1991 Jun; 77(6):961-2.
-
Alvarez JG, Lee MA, Iozzo RV, Lopez I, Touchstone JC, Storey BT. Ethanol accelerates acrosomal loss in human spermatozoa. J Androl. 1988 Nov-Dec; 9(6):357-66.
-
Boyers SP, Tarlatzis BC, Stronk JN, DeCherney AH. Fertilization and cleavage rates of heparin-exposed human oocytes in vitro, and the effect of heparin on the acrosome reaction. Fertil Steril. 1987 Oct; 48(4):628-32.