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Flow Cytometric Analysis of Biomarkers for Detecting Human Sperm Functional Defects
Published on: April 21, 2022
Morphological evaluation of sperm from infertile men selected by magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS)
Gianni Curti1, Fernanda Skowronek2, Rita Vernochi3
1Departamento de Biologia Molecular - Instituto De Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Avenida Italia 3318, CP 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay.
Abstract:
Electron microscopy analysis performed in five infertile human subjects after sperm selection by swim-up followed by magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS) demonstrated a decrease in the number of spermatozoa with characteristics compatible with cell death. However, no significant differences were found when the swim-up/MACS semen fraction was compared with swim-up fraction alone.
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