Hyaluronic acid binding by human sperm indicates cellular maturity, viability, and unreacted acrosomal status
FERTILITY AND STERILITY, vol.79, pp.1616-1624, 2003 (SCI-Expanded)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 79
- Publication Date: 2003
- Doi Number: 10.1016/s0015-0282(03)00402-3
- Journal Name: FERTILITY AND STERILITY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1616-1624
- Keywords: human sperm, hyaluronic acid-binding, maturity, HspA2, chromatin integrity, viability, acrosomal integrity, CREATINE-PHOSPHOKINASE ACTIVITY, KINASE-M-ISOFORM, HUMAN-SPERMATOZOA, BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS, ANILINE BLUE, CHROMATIN CONDENSATION, PROTEIN, SPERMATOGENESIS, RETENTION, MOTILITY
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Objective: To test, both in semen and washed-sperm fractions, whether hyaluronic acid (HA) binding is restricted to sperm that have completed cellular maturation.