In vitro reconstruction of inflammatory reaction in human semen: Effect on sperm DNA fragmentation

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-85

  Fraczek, Monika ^a   Szumala Kakol, Anna ^b   Dworacki, Grzegorz ^b   Sanocka, Dorota ^c   Kurpisz, Maciej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c Clinic of Infertility   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA fragmentation; Semen inflammation; TUNEL assay

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 6; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES UREOLYTICUS; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BACTEROIDACEAE; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 84887015370     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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