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Alba Fernandez-Encinas
Researcher at Autonomous University of Barcelona
Publications - 9
Citations - 385
Alba Fernandez-Encinas is an academic researcher from Autonomous University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Male infertility & Sperm. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications receiving 316 citations.
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Comprehensive analysis of sperm DNA fragmentation by five different assays: TUNEL assay, SCSA, SCD test and alkaline and neutral Comet assay
Jordi Ribas-Maynou,Agustín García-Peiró,Alba Fernandez-Encinas,Carlos Abad,María José Amengual,Elena Prada,José-Tomás Navarro,Jordi Benet +7 more
TL;DR: The alkaline COMET assay was the best in predicting male infertility followed by TUNEL, SCD and SCSA, whereas the neutral COMet assay had no predictive power.
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Double Stranded Sperm DNA Breaks, Measured by Comet Assay, Are Associated with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage in Couples without a Female Factor
Jordi Ribas-Maynou,Agustín García-Peiró,Alba Fernandez-Encinas,María José Amengual,Elena Prada,Pilar Cortés,Joaquima Navarro,Jordi Benet +7 more
TL;DR: This work identifies a very specific SDF profile related to the paternal risk of having RPL, which fits the toroid model of DNA compaction in sperm, pointing out that some nuclease activity may be affecting their sperm DNA in RPL patients.
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Human semen cryopreservation: a sperm DNA fragmentation study with alkaline and neutral Comet assay.
Jordi Ribas-Maynou,Alba Fernandez-Encinas,Agustín García-Peiró,Elena Prada,Carlos Abad,María José Amengual,José-Tomás Navarro,Jordi Benet +7 more
TL;DR: There might be a slight risk of decreased fertility after using a freezed sample, but no evidence for increased miscarriage risk from cryopreserved spermatozoa should be expected.
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Characterization of Nuclease Activity in Human Seminal Plasma and its Relationship to Semen Parameters, Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Male Infertility.
Alba Fernandez-Encinas,Agustí García-Peiró,Jordi Ribas-Maynou,Carlos Abad,María José Amengual,Joaquima Navarro,Jordi Benet +6 more
TL;DR: Nuclease activity in seminal plasma corrected by sperm count is a good variable to predict male infertility and results indicate that it could be a useful complementary parameter for male infertility diagnosis.
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Nuclear degraded sperm subpopulation is affected by poor chromatin compaction and nuclease activity.
Jordi Ribas-Maynou,Agustín García-Peiró,J. Martínez-Heredia,Alba Fernandez-Encinas,Carlos Abad,María José Amengual,José-Tomás Navarro,Jordi Benet +7 more
TL;DR: The protamine ratio correlated with this subpopulation, showing, in patients, that poor nuclear compaction would turn the sperm susceptible to degradation.