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OBJECTIVE:To characterize and localize interleukin (IL)-1alpha and IL-1beta in human sperm cells. DESIGN:Prospective and comparative study. SETTING:Andrology clinic of a university hospital. PATIENT(S):Two groups of normogonadotropic men: 17 fertile men (donors with proved fertility) and 8 oligoteratoasthenospermic infertile men. INTERVENTION(S):None. MAIN OTUCOME MEASURE(s): Evaluation of IL-1alpha and IL-1beta levels and expression in sperm cells by immunohistochemical staining, immunoassay, and Western blot analysis. RESULT(S):Both types of IL-1-like molecules (IL-1alpha and IL-1beta) were expressed in the tail, neck, and head of sperm cells of fertile men and patients with oligoteratoasthenospermia. Swim-up sperm cells from fertile men and patients with oligoteratoasthenospermia secreted similar levels of IL-1-like molecules. The levels of IL-1beta-like molecules were higher than those of IL-1alpha-like molecules in both groups. The expressed IL-1-like molecules were characterized by the presence a 60-kd protein for both IL-1alpha-like and IL-1beta-like molecules. In some samples of both fertile men and infertile men with oligoteratoasthenospermia, 17-kd, 33-kd, and 45-kd IL-1beta-like molecules were detected. Impairment of sperm function, such as decreased sperm count and motility and/or impaired morphology, was not related to the capacity of sperm cells to produce IL-1-like molecules. CONCLUSION(S):IL-1 molecules originating in sperm cells may play a role in the physiologic functions of sperm cells (autocrine effect) and/or in cell-cell interactions within the testis (paracrine effect).
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Fertil Steriljournal_title
Fertility and sterilityauthors
Huleihel M,Lunenfeld E,Horowitz S,Levy A,Potashnik G,Glezerman Mdoi
10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00499-4keywords:
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2000-06-01 00:00:00pages
1132-7issue
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0015-0282issn
1556-5653pii
S0015028200004994journal_volume
73pub_type
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)60318-7
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更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)42983-3
更新日期:1977-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.963
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53960-0
更新日期:1990-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.03.050
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate vaginal bleeding profiles with lower doses of conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) as continuous combined therapy. DESIGN:The Women's Health, Osteoporosis, Progestin, Estrogen (Women's HOPE) study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:S...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.11.024
更新日期:2010-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47115-3
更新日期:1983-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.048
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.08.021
更新日期:2016-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00132-6
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54715-3
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00244-6
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.10.027
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1043
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.024
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)00607-1
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.05.021
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.133
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)60609-x
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)42324-1
更新日期:1977-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00551-3
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.01.007
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00