Objectives To determine the association between environmental and occupational
exposures, semen parameters and lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) levels in seminal plasma of …

Study question Do increased levels of oxidative stress (OS) and seminal antioxidant affect
semen quality? Summary answer Increased OS measured by MiOXSYS negatively affected …

Fertilization is a step by step process that virtually starts at the gametogenesis and culminate
with the first division of the zygote. A successful fertilization depends on gamete potential …

Background Cigarette smoking seems to have a negative impact on men's reproductive
health, but our knowledge of its effects on the reproductive function of Russian men is still …

Objective This study evaluated the integrity of the chromatin structure, reactive oxygen
species (ROS) levels, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), DNA damage and lipid …

Problem a lot of researchers reported that the decline in sperm quality and DNA integrity
over the last decades have raised concerns about the negative impact of occupational …

BACKGROUND: Recently, differences in semen quality have been found among the
partners of pregnant women from four European cities: Turku, Copenhagen, Edinburgh and …

The evaluation of biofunctional sperm parameters can explain some cases of idiopathic
male infertility. Among these, sperm DNA fragmentation (fDNA) is the most studied …

Assessment of human sperm DNA fragmentation by the sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD)
test is based on the detection of haloes of spreading DNA loops after sequential DNA …

For over twenty-five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has served to provide a
standardized approach to the assessment of the fertility potential of semen sample. These …