Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown aetiology associated
with an impaired immune response, with periods of activity and remission. It is characterized …

The application of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) has revolutionised the
treatment of human infertility, giving hope to the patients previously considered incapable of …

Background Density gradient is the preferred technique for sperm processing for ART.
However, no study has examined sperm quality using different processing media …

STUDY QUESTION Can whole exome sequencing (WES) reveal a novel pathogenic variant
in asthenozoospermia in a multiplex family including multiple patients? SUMMARY …

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to assess the effect of L-carnitine and Coenzyme
Q10 (CoQ10) on human sperm motility, DNA fragmentation, chromatin structure, and …

The process of embryonic development is crucial and radically influences preimplantation
embryo competence. It involves oocyte maturation, fertilization, cell division and blastulation …

In many fish species, sperm cryopreservation has deleterious effects and leads to a
significant decrease in spermatozoa viability. However, the effect of cryopreservation on …

Conventional sperm selection based on motility and morphology fails to provide detailed
information on sperm functional and molecular status. Magnetic-activated cell sorting …

Dysfunctional spermatozoa maturation is the main reason for the decrease in sperm motility
and morphology in infertile men. Ejaculated spermatozoa from healthy fertile men were …

Abstract Background Cystatin C (CST3), a cysteine protease inhibitor in seminal plasma, is
expressed in animal uteri. However, its expression in the human female reproductive tract …