Sperm of patients with severe asthenozoospermia show biochemical, molecular and genomic alterations

Reproduction

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 695-704

  Bonanno, Oriana ^a   Romeo, Giulietta ^b   Asero, Paola ^a   Pezzino, Franca Maria ^b   Castiglione, Roberto ^a   Burrello, Nunziatina ^a   Sidoti, Giuseppe ^c   Frajese, Giovanni Vanni ^d   Vicari, Enzo ^a   D'Agata, Rosario ^a  

^a Section of Endocrinology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84996848288     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-16-0342     Document Type: Article

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