The use of anticlusterin monoclonal antibodies for the combined assesment of human sperm morphology and acrosome integrity

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Clusterin is an abundant protein in the human male reproductive tract which appears to be produced by the testis, epididymis and the seminal vesicles. Using monoclonal antibodies and an amplified immunoperoxidase technique, we have identified two apparently biochemically distinct forms of clusterin on human spermatozoa. Morphologically abnormal spermatozoa have an extensive surface coating of conventional 80 kDa...

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