Presence of antisperm antibodies reactive with peptide epitopes of FA-1 and YLP12 in sera of immunoinfertile women

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-524

  Williams, Jessica ^a   Samuel, Arthur ^a   Naz, Rajesh K ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Contraceptive vaccine; Immunocontraception; Infertility; Sperm antigens

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; EPITOPE; FERTILIZATION ANTIGEN 1; HUMAN FERTILIZATION ANTIGEN 1; MURINE FERTILIZATION ANTIGEN 1; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE YLP 12; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOINFERTILITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERMATOZOA; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE;

EID: 43849087972     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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