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Human Reproduction, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 294-297, 1990
© 1990 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Transferrin in seminal plasma and in serum of men: its correlation with sperm quality and hormonal status

A. Ber, N. Vardinon1, L. Yogev, H. Yavetz, Z. T. Homonnai, I. Yust1 and G. F. Paz2

Institute for the Study of Fertility Hakirya Maternity Hospital PO Box 7079 Tel Aviv 61 070 1Henry Goldman Clinical Immunology Unit Ichilov Hospital Tel Aviv Medical Centre Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel

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Transferrin concentrations in the seminal plasma and in serum were measured and correlated with sperm quality (concentration, motility and morphology) and hormonal status (FSH, LH and testosterone) of 75 men aged from 21 to 46 years. A significant positive correlation was found between the seminal plasma concentration of transferrin and the sperm concentration (r = 0.69, P < 0.0001) and motility (r= 0.39, P < 0.0001). No other correlations were found. These data confirm that seminal plasma levels of transferrin can be used as a reliable index of sperm quality, and possibly as a Sertoli cell marker.

Key words: hormonal status/seminal plasma/sperm quality/transferrin


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