Male infertility is a commonly encountered pathology that is estimated to be a contributory
factor in approximately 50% of couples seeking recourse to assisted reproductive …

Gamete membrane fusion is a critical cellular event in sexual reproduction. In addition, the
generation of knockout models has provided a powerful tool for testing the functional …

Human fertilization begins when a capacitated spermatozoon binds to the zona pellucida
(ZP) surrounding a mature oocyte. Defective spermatozoa-ZP interaction contributes to male …

Thoroughbred stallions that carry a double-homozygous genotype A/AA/A for SNPs
rs397316122 and rs69101140 in exon 5 of the FKBP6 gene (chr13; EquCab3. 0) are …

The present study investigated the effects of ellagic acid, a type of polyphenol that does not
have a glycan and is composed of four hydroxyl groups and two lactone functional groups …

Currently, two conventional freezing techniques are used in sperm cryopreservation: slow
freezing (SF) and rapid freezing (RF). Despite the protocolar improvements …

Background Sperm capacitation is a prerequisite for natural or in vitro fertilization. After
capacitation, sperm become hyperactivated and undergo an acrosome reaction, which …

Sperm harbours a wide range of proteins regulating their functions and fertility. In the
present study, we made an effort to characterize and quantify the proteome of buffalo bull …

During the fertilization process, the interaction between the sperm and the oocyte is
mediated by a process known as acrosomal exocytosis (AE). Although the role of the sperm …

Heat shock protein A2 (HSPA2) is a testis-specific molecular chaperone of the 70 kDa heat
shock protein (HSP70) family and reported to play a key role in spermatogenesis as well as …