Processing of semen by density gradient centrifugation selects spermatozoa with longer telomeres for assisted reproduction techniques

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-50

  Yang, Qingling ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Zhao, Feifei ^a   Zhao, Wanli ^a   Dai, Shanjun ^a   Liu, Jinhao ^a   Bukhari, Ihtisham ^b   Xin, Hang ^a   Niu, Wenbing ^a   Sun, Yingpu ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; density gradient centrifugation; infertility; sperm; telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DISEASE DURATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; CELL SEPARATION; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CELL SEPARATION; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA; TELOMERE;

EID: 84933678733     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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