Association between sperm mitochondrial DNA copy number and deletion rate and industrial air pollution dynamics

Abstract The effects of air pollution on men’s reproductive health can be monitored by evaluating semen quality and sperm DNA damage. We used real-time PCR to analyse the effects of air pollution on sperm mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) and deletion (mtDNAdel) rates in semen samples collecte...

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Main Authors: Miluse Vozdova, Svatava Kubickova, Vera Kopecka, Jaroslav Sipek, Jiri Rubes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12328-9