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'How to count sperm properly': checklist for acceptability of studies based on human semen analysis.

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

'Man Up': the importance and strategy for placing male reproductive health centre stage in the political and research agenda.

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

'Single cell analysis in development' special series

scientific article published on 01 March 2016

2-APB-potentiated channels amplify CatSper-induced Ca2+ signals in human sperm ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

A Dolce & Gabbana model in every ART clinic?

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

A double-blind randomized placebo cross-over controlled trial using the antioxidant vitamin E to treat reactive oxygen species associated male infertility.

scientific article published in October 1995

A global approach to addressing the policy, research and social challenges of male reproductive health

scientific article published on 15 March 2021

A phenotypic screening platform utilising human spermatozoa identifies compounds with contraceptive activity

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing urinary luteinizing hormone dipsticks and basal body temperature charts with time donor insemination

scientific article published on 01 September 1989

A survey of assisted reproductive technology births and imprinting disorders.

scientific article

Absolute SILAC-compatible expression strain allows Sumo-2 copy number determination in clinical samples

scientific article

Antisperm antibodies and lymphocyte subsets in semen--not a simple relationship

scientific article published on 01 February 1990

Antisperm antibodies are more prevalent in men with low sperm motility

scientific article published on 01 April 1989

BFS Recommendations for Good Practice on the Screening of Egg and Embryo Donors

article by Ian Aird et al published 1 January 2000 in Human Fertility

Bicarbonate and bovine serum albumin reversibly 'switch' capacitation-induced events in human spermatozoa.

scientific article

British Andrology Society guidelines for the screening of semen donors for donor insemination

scientific article published on 01 September 1993

Ca2+ Signals Generated by CatSper and Ca2+ Stores Regulate Different Behaviors in Human Sperm* ⬇️

scientific article published on January 23, 2013

Ca2+ signalling in the control of motility and guidance in mammalian sperm.

scientific article published on May 2008

Ca2+-stores in sperm: their identities and functions.

scientific article published on 19 June 2009

Characterization of cyclic adenine dinucleotide phosphate ribose levels in human spermatozoa

scientific article published on 09 August 2006

Chloride channels join the sperm 'channelome'

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

Clarification of scope for Human Reproduction and Molecular Human Reproduction

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Clarification of scope for Human Reproduction and Molecular Human Reproduction†

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Clarification of scope forHuman ReproductionandMolecular Human Reproduction

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Clinical challenges in providing embryos for stem-cell initiatives.

scientific article published on July 2004

Clinical relevance of sperm DNA assessment: an update ⬇️

scientific article published on August 19, 2010

Clinically relevant enhancement of human sperm motility using compounds with reported phosphodiesterase inhibitor activity.

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

Complex CatSper-dependent and independent [Ca2+]i signalling in human spermatozoa induced by follicular fluid

scientific article published in October 2017

Compounds enhancing human sperm motility identified using a high-throughput phenotypic screening platform

scientific article published on 07 January 2022

Continuous behavioural 'switching' in human spermatozoa and its regulation by Ca2+-mobilising stimuli

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Coordinated transcriptional regulation patterns associated with infertility phenotypes in men

scientific article

Counting sperm does not add up any more: time for a new equation?

scientific article published on April 2007

Cracking the egg: increased complexity in the zona pellucida.

scientific article

Cryo-survival of spermatozoa

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

DPY19L2 Deletion as a Major Cause of Globozoospermia.

scientific article published in April 2011

Depolarization of sperm membrane potential is a common feature of men with subfertility and is associated with low fertilization rate at IVF.

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Detection of white blood cell populations in the ejaculates of fertile men

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Development of a novel home sperm test.

scientific article

Diagnostic tools in male infertility-the question of sperm dysfunction.

scientific article

Drug discovery for male subfertility using high-throughput screening: a new approach to an unsolved problem.

scientific article

ESHRE special interest group for andrology basic semen analysis course: a continued focus on accuracy, quality, efficiency and clinical relevance.

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

Education, education, education—now more than ever?

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Effect of a phytoestrogen food supplement on reproductive health in normal males

scientific article published on 01 June 2001

Encoding of progesterone stimulus intensity by intracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) in human spermatozoa.

scientific article published in June 2003

Epigenetic risks related to assisted reproductive technologies: epigenetics, imprinting, ART and icebergs?

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

European Classification of Infertility Taskforce (ECIT) response to Habbema et al., 'Towards less confusing terminology in reproductive medicine: a proposal'

scientific article published on 27 August 2004

Fertility preservation in men with cancer

scientific article published on October 2014

Greater numbers of human spermatozoa associate with endosalpingeal cells derived from the isthmus compared with those from the ampulla

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

High-throughput phenotypic screening of the human spermatozoon

scientific article published on 09 December 2021

Homozygous in-frame deletion in CATSPERE in a man producing spermatozoa with loss of CatSper function and compromised fertilizing capacity

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Human sperm ion channel (dys)function: implications for fertilization

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Human spermatozoa contain multiple targets for protein S-nitrosylation: an alternative mechanism of the modulation of sperm function by nitric oxide?

scientific article

Identification and localization of T-type voltage-operated calcium channel subunits in human male germ cells. Expression of multiple isoforms.

scientific article

Identification of the true human orthologue of the mouse Zp1 gene: evidence for greater complexity in the mammalian zona pellucida?

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Implementing comprehensive quality control in the andrology laboratory.

scientific article published in August 1995

Importance of β-defensins in sperm function

scientific article published on 09 July 2014

Interaction between sperm and zona pellucida in male fertility.

scientific article

Intracellular translocation and differential accumulation of cell-penetrating peptides in bovine spermatozoa: evaluation of efficient delivery vectors that do not compromise human sperm motility

scientific article published on 12 April 2013

Is there a real risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by donor sperm insemination?

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Is there a robust future for research in reproduction?

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Kinetics of the progesterone-induced acrosome reaction and its relation to intracellular calcium responses in individual human spermatozoa.

scientific article published on 6 September 2006

Lessons in Andrology.

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

MHR celebration issue in tribute to Professor Sir Robert Edwards.

scientific article

Male Attitudes towards Infertility: Results from a Global Questionnaire

scientific article published in 2023

Male alcohol consumption and fecundity in couples attending an infertility clinic ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 May 1991

Male cigarette smoking and fecundity in couples attending an infertility clinic ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 May 1991

Male fertility: a window on the health of this generation and the next

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Male infertility joins the translational medicine revolution. Sperm DNA: from basic science to clinical reality

scientific article published on 26 November 2009

Man-made versus female-made environment--will the real capacitation please stand up?

scientific article published in January 2006

Mobilisation of Ca2+ stores and flagellar regulation in human sperm by S-nitrosylation: a role for NO synthesised in the female reproductive tract

scientific article

Mobilisation of stored calcium in the neck region of human sperm--a mechanism for regulation of flagellar activity.

scientific article published on January 2008

Multi-state, 4-aminopyridine-sensitive ion channels in human spermatozoa.

scientific article

Novel pharmacological actions of trequinsin hydrochloride improve human sperm cell motility and function

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Oral steroid therapy for subfertile males with antisperm antibodies in the semen: prediction of the responders

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Partial deletion of chromosome 8 β-defensin cluster confers sperm dysfunction and infertility in male mice.

scientific article

Patch clamp studies of human sperm under physiological ionic conditions reveal three functionally and pharmacologically distinct cation channels.

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

Patterns of [Ca2+](i) mobilization and cell response in human spermatozoa exposed to progesterone

scientific article published on 28 September 2006

People are very open-minded about new things, as long as they are exactly like the old ones

scientific article

Peritoneal sperm recovery can be consistently demonstrated in women with unexplained infertility

scientific article published on 01 June 1990

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase is involved in the induction of the human sperm acrosome reaction downstream of tyrosine phosphorylation

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Positive immunoselection--a method of isolating leukocytes from leukocytic reacted human cervical mucus samples

scientific article published on 01 September 1991

Postcoital test: which form of spermatozoal motility is associated with a good fertility outcome?

scientific article published on 01 May 1990

Preliminary communication: possible role of reactive nitrogen intermediates in leucocyte-mediated sperm dysfunction

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Proposal of guidelines for the appraisal of SEMen QUAlity studies (SEMQUA).

scientific article published on 09 October 2012

Quality control during the conventional analysis of semen, an essential exercise

scientific article published on 01 September 1989

Quantitation of sperm disposal and phagocytic cells in the tract of short- and long-term vasectomized mice

scientific article published on 01 November 1987

Recombinant human zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 induces calcium influx and acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1996

Reproductive biology: Progesterone's gateway into sperm.

scientific article

Review Sperm transport in the human female reproductive tract—a dynamic interaction ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 1991

Risks of donor insemination

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Round cells and sperm fertilizing capacity: the presence of immature germ cells but not seminal leukocytes are associated with reduced success of in vitro fertilization

scientific article published on 01 December 1992

Screening donors for sexually transmitted disease in donor insemination clinics in the UK. A survey.

scientific article

Secretory pathway Ca(2+)-ATPase (SPCA1) Ca(2)+ pumps, not SERCAs, regulate complex [Ca(2+)](i) signals in human spermatozoa.

scientific article published in April 2005

Semen characteristics in HIV-1 positive men and the effect of semen washing.

scientific article

Semen donors and STD screening ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

Seminal White Blood Cells in Men with Urethral Tract Infection. A Monoclonal Antibody Study ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 1991

Seminal peroxidase positive cells are not an adequate indicator of asymptomatic urethral genital infection.

scientific article

Single-cell analysis of [Ca2+]i signalling in sub-fertile men: characteristics and relation to fertilization outcome

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Slow calcium oscillations in human spermatozoa

scientific article

Specific loss of CatSper function is sufficient to compromise fertilizing capacity of human spermatozoa.

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Sperm DNA: organization, protection and vulnerability: from basic science to clinical applications--a position report.

scientific article published on 6 February 2010

Sperm are promiscuous and CatSper is to blame….

scientific article published on 13 March 2012

Sperm loss in the urine of sexually rested men

scientific article published on 01 June 1988

Sperm motility: things are moving in the lab!

scientific article published on 28 June 2011

Sperm proteome mapping of a patient who experienced failed fertilization at IVF reveals altered expression of at least 20 proteins compared with fertile donors: case report.

scientific article published on 22 April 2004

Sperm selection in natural conception: what can we learn from Mother Nature to improve assisted reproduction outcomes?

scientific article

Sperm survival in the female reproductive tract: presence of immunosuppression or absence of recognition? ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Standards in semen examination: publishing reproducible and reliable data based on high-quality methodology

scientific article published in 2022

Stimulation of human spermatozoa with progesterone gradients to simulate approach to the oocyte. Induction of [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations and cyclical transitions in flagellar beating.

scientific article published on 20 August 2004

The analysis of sperm motion with the Hamilton-Thorn motility analyser

scientific article published on 01 April 1991

The contribution of a hidden male factor to unexplained infertility

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

The current status and future of andrology: A consensus report from the Cairo workshop group

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

The diagnosis of male infertility: an analysis of the evidence to support the development of global WHO guidance-challenges and future research opportunities.

scientific article published on 19 July 2017

The diagnostic and prognostic value of traditional semen parameters.

scientific article published in September 1999

The effects of clomiphene citrate and cyclofenil on cervical mucus volume and receptivity over the periovulatory period

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

The impact of mitochondrial genetics on male infertility.

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The mystery is solved--CatSper is the principal calcium channel activated by progesterone in human spermatozoa.

scientific article published on 28 March 2011

The potential shortcomings of measuring hyperactivated motility by computer-aided sperm analysis when sperm motion is multiphasic

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

The present crisis in male reproductive health: an urgent need for a political, social, and research roadmap

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

The role of carbohydrate in sperm-ZP3 adhesion ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1996

The spermatozoon at fertilisation: current understanding and future research directions.

scientific article

Total levels, localization patterns, and proportions of sperm exhibiting phospholipase C zeta are significantly correlated with fertilization rates after intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

scientific article

What should it take to describe a substance or product as 'sperm-safe'

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When and how should new technology be introduced into the IVF laboratory?

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Where the rubber hits the road: the translational pulse of reproductive biology

scientific article published on 01 March 2013

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