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Negative biomarker based male fertility evaluation: Sperm phenotypes associated with molecular-level anomalies.
Asian journal of andrology - 1 Jan 2000
Sutovsky Peter, Aarabi Mahmoud, Miranda-Vizuete Antonio, Oko Richard
Abstract excerpt
Biomarker-based sperm analysis elevates the treatment of human infertility and ameliorates reproductive performance in livestock. The negative biomarker-based approach focuses on proteins and ligands unique to defective spermatozoa, regardless of their morphological phenotype, lending itself to analysis by flow cytometry (FC). A prime example is the spermatid specific thioredoxin SPTRX3/TXNDC8, retained in the...
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