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Male infertility in mice lacking the store-operated Ca2+ channel Orai1

Overview of attention for article published in Cell Calcium, February 2016
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Title
Male infertility in mice lacking the store-operated Ca2+ channel Orai1
Published in
Cell Calcium, February 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.ceca.2016.02.007
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Authors

Felicity M. Davis, Eugenia H. Goulding, Diane M. D’Agostin, Kyathanahalli S. Janardhan, Connie A. Cummings, Gary S. Bird, Edward M. Eddy, James W. Putney

Abstract

Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) is an important Ca(2+) influx pathway in somatic cells. In addition to maintaining endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca(2+) stores, Ca(2+) entry through store-operated channels regulates essential signaling pathways in numerous cell types. Patients with mutations in the store-operated channel subunit ORAI1 exhibit defects in store-operated Ca(2+) influx, along with severe immunodeficiency, congenital myopathy and ectodermal dysplasia. However, little is known about the functional role of ORAI1 in germ cells and reproductive function in mice, or in men, since men with loss-of-function or null mutations in ORAI1 rarely survive to reproductive age. In this study, we investigated the role of ORAI1 in male reproductive function. We reveal that Orai1(-/-) male mice are sterile and have severe defects in spermatogenesis, with prominent deficiencies in mid- to late-stage elongating spermatid development. These studies establish an essential in vivo role for store-operated ORAI1 channels in male reproductive function and identify these channels as potential non-steroidal regulators of male fertility.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Mexico 1 2%
Unknown 42 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 23%
Researcher 6 14%
Student > Bachelor 4 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 9%
Student > Master 3 7%
Other 5 12%
Unknown 11 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 26%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 12%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 5%
Neuroscience 2 5%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 13 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 August 2016.
All research outputs
#17,286,379
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Cell Calcium
#623
of 967 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#188,872
of 311,886 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cell Calcium
#10
of 25 outputs
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