Publication Cover
Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
Volume 32, 1994 - Issue 1
71
Views
15
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Significance of Antibodies Against Human Sperm FA-1 Antigen in Immunoinfertility

, &
Pages 25-30 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

References

  • Bronson R, Cooper G, Rosenfeld D. Sperm antibodies: their role in infertility. Fertil Steril 1984; 42: 171–183
  • Menge A, Edwards R. Mucosal immunity of the reproductive tract and infertility. Immunology of Reproduction, R K Naz. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 1993; 19–35
  • Naz R, Phillips T, Rosenblum B. The characterization of fertilization antigen 1 for the development of contraceptive vaccine. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1986; 83: 5713–5717
  • Naz R, Alexander N, Isahakia M, Hamilton M. Monoclonal antibody to a human sperm cell membrane glycoprotein that inhibits fertilization. Science 1984; 225: 342–344
  • Naz R K. The fertilization antigen (FA-1) causes a reduction of fertility in actively immunized female rabbits. J Reprod Immunol 1987; 11: 117–133
  • Naz R. Involvement of fertilization antigen (FA-1) in involuntary immunoinfertility in humans. J Clin Invest 1987; 80: 1375–1383
  • Bronson R, Cooper G, Margalioth E, Naz R, Hamilton M. The detection in human sera of antisperm antibodies reactive with FA-1, and evolutionarily conserved antigen, and with murine spermatozoa. Fertil Steril 1989; 52: 457–462
  • Naz R, Chaudhry A, Witkin S. Lymphocyte proliferative response to fertilization antigen in patients with antisperm antibodies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1990; 163: 610–615
  • Naz R, Sacco A, Yurewicz E. Human spermatozoal FA-1 binds with ZP3 of porcine zona pellucida. J Reprod Immunol 1991; 20: 43–9
  • Naz R, Brazil C, Overstreet J. Effects of antibodies to sperm surface fertilization antigen-1 on human sperm-human zona interaction. Fertil Steril 1992; 57: 1304–1310
  • Kaplan P, Naz R. The fertilization antigen-1 does not have proteolytic/acrosin activity, but its monoclonal antibody inhibits human sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction. Fertil Steril 1992; 58: 396–463
  • Hall J L. Relationship between semen quality and human sperm penetration of zona-free hamster ova. Fertil Steril 1981; 35: 457–463
  • Gould J E, Overstreet J W, Yanagimachi H, Yanagimachi R, Katz D F, Hanson F W. What functions of sperm cell are measured by in vitro fertilization of zona-free hamster eggs. Fertil Steril 1983; 40: 344–352
  • Yanagimachi R. Mammalian fertilization. The Physiology of Reproduction, E Knobil, T D Neill. Raven, New York 1988; 135–186

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.