Distinct expression levels of cytokines and soluble cytokine receptors in seminal plasma of fertile and infertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-139

  Huleihel, M ^a   Lunenfeld, E ^a   Levy, A ^a   Potashnik, G ^a   Glezerman, M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytokines; IL 1; IL 1 receptor antagonist; IL 6; seminal fluid; sperm cells; sTNF receptors; TNF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA;

EID: 0029975587     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58401-5     Document Type: Article

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