Sperm chromatin immaturity observed in short abstinence ejaculates affects DNA integrity and longevity in vitro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Uppangala, Shubhashree ^a   Mathai, Sherine Eliza ^a   Salian, Sujith Raj ^a   Kumar, Dayanidhi ^a   Singh, Vikram Jeet ^a   D'Souza, Fiona ^a   Kalthur, Guruprasad ^a   Kamath, Asha ^a   Adiga, Satish Kumar ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CHROMATIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA INTEGRITY; DNA LONGEVITY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EJACULATION; EJACULATORY ABSTINENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERM CHROMATIN IMMATURITY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TIME FACTOR;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; EJACULATION; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84962808711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152942     Document Type: Article

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