Alterations in sperm characteristics of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-immunized men are similar to those of FSH-deprived infertile male bonnet monkeys.
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...Interestingly, these alterations in sperm quality occurred well in advance of decreased sperm counts in the ejaculate.(97) Most of these studies have involved males....
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...Interestingly, it is still a matter of debate whether FSH and/or estrogen affect chromatin remodeling in SPT in either a synergistic or an independent way with androgens [42, 49, 58, 71, 72]....
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...These mutant males also have reduced fertility (Dierich et al, 1998; Sairam et al, unpublished material)....
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...Ethanol-permeabilized monkey and human sperm have been used to detect acrosomal content by staining with fluorescenated 319Krishnamurthy et al · FSH Deprivation Affects Sperm Quality lectin (Cross et al, 1986)....
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...Use of ethanol-permeabilized sperm in this assay provides, despite disruption in sperm membrane, an index of glycoprotein concentration of acrosome and other cytoplasmic remnants (Cross et al, 1986)....
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...…such as defective chromatin packaging and reduced acrosomal glycoprotein concentration, have been correlated to infertility in men and monkeys (Cross et al, 1986; Acosta et al, 1992; Engh et al, 1992; Kosower et al, 1992; Moudgal et al, 1992; Bartoov et al, 1994; Bianchi et al, 1996; Sakkas…...
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