Impact of cigarette smoking on histone (H2B) to protamine ratio in human spermatozoa and its relation to sperm parameters

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 666-677

  Hamad, M F ^a,b,c   Shelko, N ^b   Kartarius, S ^b   Montenarh, M ^b   Hammadeh, M E ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Histones; Oxidative stress; Protamines; Smoking; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

COTININE; HISTONE H2B; MALONALDEHYDE; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P1; PROTAMINE P2; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMATIN; HISTONE; PRM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTAMINE 2;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTONE TO PROTAMINE RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; COTININE; FERTILITY; HISTONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTAMINES; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84906053633     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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