Compared with other carbohydrates, fructose-containing caloric sweeteners (sucrose, high-
fructose corn syrup, pure fructose and fructose-glucose mixtures) are characterized by: a …

During epididymal transit, spermatozoa acquire new proteins. Some of these newly acquired
proteins behave as integral membrane proteins, including glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) …

Mammalian sperm, the only cells that achieve their purpose outside their organism of origin,
have to swim vigorously within the female reproductive tract to reach an oocyte. Flagellar …

Even tough differentiated spermatozoa are unable of transcriptional or translational activity;
the sperm surface undergoes major modifications in macromolecules composition during …

Aldose reductase (AR) is a crucial enzyme of the polyol pathway through which glucose is
metabolized under conditions of hyperglycemia related to diabetes. A series of novel acetic …

Vitamin B-6 in the form of pyridoxine (PN) is commonly used by the general population. The
use of PN-containing supplements has gained lots of attention over the past years as they …

For normal spermatogenesis, the temperature of the scrotum is lower than that of the body.
The mechanism by which mammalian testes undergoes cell death as the result of exposure …

The acquisition of the ability of the male gamete to fertilize an ovum is the result of numerous
and sequential steps of differentiation of spermatozoa that occur as they transit from the …

The longest part of the sperm flagellum, the principal piece, contains the fibrous sheath, a
cytoskeletal element unique to spermiogenesis. We performed mass spectrometry …

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of nitric oxide (NO) donors (S-nitroso-L-
acetyl penicillamine, spermine-NO complex and sodium nitroprusside) and NO synthase …