Nuclear degraded sperm subpopulation is affected by poor chromatin compaction and nuclease activity

Andrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 286-294

  Ribas Maynou, J ^a   Garcia Peiro A ^a   Martinez Heredia J ^a   Fernandez Encinas A ^a   Abad, C ^b   Amengual, M J ^c   Navarro, J ^a   Benet, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut Universitari Parc Tauli UAB   (Spain)

^c Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nuclear degraded spermatozoa; Nuclease activity; Oxidative stress; Sperm DNA fragmentation; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NUCLEASE; PROTAMINE; CHROMATIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; THAWING; VARICOCELE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84923699519     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12258     Document Type: Article

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