Higher-quality human sperm in a sample selectively attach to oviduct (fallopian tube) epithelial cells in vitro

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 924-929

  Ellington, Joanna E ^a   Evenson, Donald P ^b   Wright Jr , Ray W ^c   Jones, Allison E ^a   Schneider, Christopher S ^c   Hiss, Glen A ^d   Brisbois, R Steven ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwest ObGyn   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallopian tube; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Sperm chromatin structure assay; Sperm coculture; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0033007203     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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