Sperm-associated and circulating IgA and IgG classes of antibodies recognise different antigens on the human sperm plasma membrane

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-136

  Auer, Jana ^a   Senechal, Helène ^b   De Almeida, Marta ^a  

^a Université Paris Descartes   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Enhanced chemiluminescent Western blot; Human sperm membrane antigens; IgA and IgG antisperm antibodies; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030836428     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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