Lead is one of the industrially heavy metals that caused adverse effects on male reproductive system among battery factory workers, but information on the possible impact of lead on the structural integrity of sperm cell is limited. Thus present study was undertaken to assess the structural details of human spermatozoa of lead acid battery factory workers. Blood and semen samples were collected...

Because of a paucity of information on the effect of tomato pomace in male chickens, a study was undertaken to determine the influence of dietary inclusion of dried tomato pomace (DTP) on seminal characteristics in Iranian native breeder roosters. Fifty-four roosters (24 wk old) were randomly allotted to 3 treatment groups and received either a basal diet without DTP (T(0)), or a diet containin...

background: recurrent abortion is defined as three or more consecutive pregnancy losses. we aimed to determine the relationship between male sperm parameters and hypo-osmotic swelling score and recurrent abortion. we also studied whether washing of spermatozoa and intrauterine insemination in patients with recurrent miscarriage and low score hypo-osmotic swelling test in male partners could imp...

ABSTRACT: Spermatozoa experience oxidative, osmotic, chemical, and thermal stresses when cooled, which degrade the quality fertilizing capacity of cells. Adding antioxidants to sperm extender mitigates these alterations. This study evaluated effect isoespintanol (ISO) on boar semen subjected cooling. Fifteen ejaculates from five boars (Susscrofadomestica) were extended in Beltsville thawing sol...

We investigated the role of neutrophil microvilli in interactions with E-selectin and P-selectin in hydrodynamic shear flow by disruption with cytochalasin B, hypotonic swelling, and chilling. Cytochalasin B only marginally reduced microvilli numbers (from 30 +/- 6 to 16 +/- 6 per cell perimeter, p < 0.005) as shown by electron microscopy, completely disrupted tethering in shear flow to E-selec...

Background: Recurrent abortion is defined as three or more consecutive pregnancy losses. We aimed to determine the relationship between male sperm parameters and hypo-osmotic swelling score and recurrent abortion. We also studied whether washing of spermatozoa and intrauterine insemination in patients with recurrent miscarriage and low score hypo-osmotic swelling test in male partners could imp...

Skeletal muscle swells as a consequence of intense activity and gradually returns to its original volume after cessation of exercise (Sjogaard et al., 1985; Peeze Binkhorst et al., 1990; Watson et al., 1993; Raja et al., 2006). Swelling occurs due to an accumulation of metabolites within the cytosol and a consequent increase in osmolarity, which drives the entry of water from the extracellular ...