Satarzadeh N1, Bahrami N2, Ranjbar Koch-saraei F3, Ghojazadeh M4 1. Instructor, Department of nursing, Faculty of nursing and midwifery, Tabriz University of medical sciences 2. Instructor, Department of parastari, Faculty of nursing and midwifery,Ghazvin University of medical sciences 3. Assistant professor, Department of psychology medicine , Faculty of medicine , Tabriz University o...

Introduction: Our aim was to compare the nuclear DNA integrity of the spermatozoa from infertile men with abnormal semen parameters with that from normospermic fertile men, and to evaluate the relationship between the sperm DNA integrity and semen parameters. Materials and Methods: Thirty ejaculate samples with abnormal semen analysis and 30 ejaculates with normal semen parameters were randomly...

OBJECTIVE To assess semen analysis, testicular volume, and hormone levels in fertile and infertile patients with varicoceles and fertile men without varicoceles. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Academic medical center. PATIENT(S) Patients were divided into three groups: fertile men with varicoceles (n = 79), infertile men with varicoceles (n = 71), and fertile men without varicoceles ...

Objective Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMPs) play important roles in the structural and functional properties of reproductive organs. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of C-1562T Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (rs3918242) gene polymorphism in fertile and infertile men. In addition, we aimed to determine the association between C-1562T MMP-9 and G-1575A MMP-2 gene polymorphisms. Mate...

background: reactive oxygen species (ros)-induced lipidperoxidation can lead to dysfunction of sperm and thereby, infertility may be occurred. so, always there is a balance between amount of ros and anti-oxidant molecules in semen. anti-oxidant enzymes of sperm; superoxide dismutase (sod), glutathione peroxidase (gpx), catalse and zinc and selenium can protect it from destructive effects of ros...

In this study, the sperm protein profile was compared between fertile and infertile men using 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis, liquid chromatography mass spectrometer analysis, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry. Four unique proteins, semenogelin II precursor, prolactin-induced protein, clusterin isoform 1, and prostate-specific antigen isoform 1 ...

background: infertility is accompanied by numerous psychological and social problems. infertile couples are more anxious and emotionally distressed than other fertile people. previous studies suggested that infertility is more stressful for women than men. objective: the purpose of this study was to determine the status of general health of infertile couples. materials and methods: this cross-s...

Background: Presence of antisperm antibodies (ASAs) in infertility and their adverse effects on fertility is a matter of controversy. The aims of this study were to determine the percentage of antibody positive sperms and rate of ASA positive sera in both fertile and infertile men and women, and to find the association between these antibodies and infertility. Methods: This study consisted of 2...