A comparative evaluation of semen parameters in pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina human population

A natural disaster leading to accumulation of environmental contaminants may have substantial effects on the male reproductive system. Our aim was to compare and assess semen parameters in a normospermic population residing in the Southern Louisiana, USA area pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina. We retr...

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Main Authors:	Caner Baran, Wayne J Hellstrom, Suresh C Sikka
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:	Asian Journal of Andrology
Subjects:	gene regulation Musashi Musashi-1 Musashi-2 posttranscriptional control RNA binding proteins spermatogenesis splicing testis translation cell fate cell stress importin karyopherin nucleocytoplasmic transport spermatid spermatocyte artificial insemination biomarker fertility fertilization flow cytometry infertility nanotechnology oocyte activation Postacrosomal Sheath WWI Domain Binding Protein sperm SPTRX3 thioredoxin ubiquitin ATP binding cassette transporters albumin high-density lipoprotein lipid rafts membrane fluidity membrane microdomains membrane packing oxysterols reverse cholesterol transport sterol transporters egg heat shock protein A2 molecular chaperone sperm-egg interactions dehydrogenases oxidases peroxiredoxins reactive oxygen species spermatozoa thiols thioredoxins antigen-presenting cells autoimmunity dendritic cells epididymis macrophages peripheral tolerance sperm maturation genomics male infertility proteomics sperm chromatin sperm epigenetics sperm DNA damage paternal genome offspring chemotaxis rheotaxis sperm behavior sperm motility thermotaxis apoptosis sperm capacitation conservation cryobiology endangered species male fertility blood-testis barrier ectoplasmic specialization ezrin hypogonadism Leydig cell oxidative stress Sertoli cell ultramorphology varicocele hyperthermia seminal plasma biochemical markers sperm parameters environment Hurricane Katrina New Orleans area normospermic infertile population retrospective semen analysis
Online Access:	http://www.ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2015;volume=17;issue=4;spage=676;epage=680;aulast=Baran

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A comparative evaluation of semen parameters in pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina human population

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