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Adjudin, a potential male contraceptive, exerts its effects locally in the seminiferous epithelium of mammalian testes," Reproduction, vol.
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An in vivo study on
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"Inhibition of sperm capacitation and fertilizing capacity by
adjudin is mediated by chloride and its channels in humans," Human Reproduction 28(1): 47-59.
"Adjudin disrupts spermatogenesis via the action of some unlikely partners: Eps8, Arp2/3 complex, drebrin E, PAR6 and 14-3-3," Spermatogenesis 1(4): 291.
"Testin and actin are key molecular targets of adjudin, an anti-spermatogenic agent, in the testis," Spermatogenesis 1(2): 137-146.
"An in vivo study on
adjudin and blood-testis barrier dynamics," Endocrinology 150(10): 4724-4733.
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Adjudin targeting rabbit germ cell adhesion as a male contraceptive: A pharmacokinetics study," Journal of Andrology 30(1): 87-93.
Cheng was first put on the trail of Adjudin more than 15 years ago through the work of Professor Bruno Silvestrini, a colleague at the University of Rome, who was studying an anticancer drug, lonidamine.
Adjudin interferes with the adhesion of germ cells to the supportive Sertoli cells that surround them.
When Adjudin was administered orally at a high dose, however, it caused liver inflammation and muscle atrophy in a small subset of animals.
"The Serteli-spermatid junctional complex adhesion strength is affected in vitro by
Adjudin," Journal of Andrology 27(6): 790-794.