DNA Immunization Against Proacrosin Impairs Fertility in Male Mice

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-67

  García, Lucila ^a   Veiga, María F ^b   Lustig, Livia ^c   Vazquez Levin, Mónica H ^b   Veaute, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b National Research Council of Argentina ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acrosomal exocytosis; Fertilization; Genetic immunization; Infertility; Proacrosin acrosin; Sperm antigen; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; PROACROSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA IMMUNIZATION; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 84861950090     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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