Seminal transforming growth factor-β in normal and infertile men
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Seminal transforming growth factor-β in normal and infertile men
Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) is a cytokine with autocrine and paracrine action in the testis and potent immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory activities. In the present study, we examined the concentration of latent (acid-activatable) and free (active) TGFβ in seminal plasma from normal subjects (n J 23) and infertile (n J 40) patients, by using a TGFβ specific immunoenzymological assay...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1460-2350,0268-1161
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.6.1534