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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published online on February 27, 2008
Human Reproduction, doi:10.1093/humrep/den019
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Commentary on the article ‘Identification of proteomic differences in asthenozoospermic sperm samples’ by Martinez et al.

The human sperm proteome: the potential for new biomarkers of male fertility and a transformation in our understanding of the spermatozoon as a machine

Christopher L.R. Barratt

Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Division of Maternal and Child Health Sciences, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland

Correspondence address. Tel: +44-1382-740170; Fax: +44-1382-425554; E-mail: c.barratt@dundee.ac.uk

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The comprehensive and systematic identification and quantification of proteins expressed in cells and tissues are providing fascinating insights into the dynamics of cell function in a plethora of areas, for example, cancer—the blood peptidome (Petricoin et al., 2006Go). With no physiologically active transcription and translation, spermatozoa are ideal cells to study from a proteomic perspective. As such, proteomics has the potential to transform our understanding of the workings of the mature cell. Such a leap in knowledge is necessary as spermatozoa are very specialized cells that have jettisoned superfluous . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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