Abnormal spermatozoa in the ejaculated: Abortive apoptosis and faulty nuclear remodelling during spermatogenesis

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 428-432

  Sakkas, Denny ^a   Seli, Emre ^a   Bizzaro, Davide ^b   Tarozzi, Nicoletta ^c   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abnormal spermatozoa; Apoptosis; Nuclear remodelling; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; GONADOTROPIN; HISTONE; PROTAMINE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ABORTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EJACULATION; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0344012671     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61886-X     Document Type: Article

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