Leucocytes and intrinsic ROS production may be factors compromising sperm chromatin condensation status

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-75

  Henkel, R ^a   Bastiaan, H S ^a   Schuller S ^b   Hoppe, I ^b   Starker, W ^b   Menkveld, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chromatin condensation; DNA fragmentation; Human spermatozoa; Oxidative stress; Under protamination

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77949689676     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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