Sperm antibodies, intra-acrosomal sperm proteins, and cytokines in semen in men from infertile couples

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-245

  Ulcova Gallova, Zdenka ^a   Gruberova, Jitka ^a   Vrzalova, Jindra ^a   Bibkova, Katarina ^a   Peknicova, Jana ^b   Micanova, Zdenka ^a   Topolcan, Ondrej ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Intra acrosomal proteins; Male infertility; Sperm antibodies

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTRA ACROSOMAL SPERM PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 60449111296     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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