Zohreh Nazmara

Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Evaluation of Enkephalin-Degrading Enzymes in Sperm from Heroin-Addicted Men

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate two enkephalin-degrading enzymes, aminopeptidase N (APN/CD13) and endopeptidase (NEP/CD10), gene and protein expression levels in sperm samples of fertile and heroin-addicted men, and the correlation between their expressions and semen quality. MaterialsAndMethods This case-control study, semen collected from 24 normozoospermic healthy (as a co...