Antisperm antibodies (ASA) may be a reason of infertility in some individuals. They may affect pre- as well as post-fertilization stages of the reproductive process. There is ongoing progress in the identification of sperm antigens related to fertilization. The employed methods for this purpose include recombinant DNA technology and the most advanced proteomic analysis. This paper enlists the d...

T h e control o f female fertility by al imentary tract vaccination with sperm antigens has remained a theoretical possibility connect ing observations of sperm immunogenici ty and consequent infertility in various species, including humans (for review see references 1-3), with the translation o f gut mucosal immune reactivity to anatomically r emote mucosal sites, including the female genital ...

Objectives: 1. To investigate the incidence, isotypes and location of antisperm antibodies (ASA) on the sperm surface in an infertile population. 2. To study the influence of isotypes, location of ASA on the sperm surface on fertilization, cleavage rates of embryos and pregnancy rate. Methods: A prospective analytical study was carried out on infertile couples who underwent Assisted Reproductiv...