Semen

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A randomized clinical trial of the effect of intraoperative saline perfusion on postvasectomy azoospermia. 
  • A review of the physical and chemical properties of human semen and the formulation of a semen simulant. 
  • ACIDFORM inactivates herpes simplex virus and prevents genital herpes in a mouse model: optimal candidate for microbicide combinations. 
  • Association between donor gamete use and supernumerary embryo disposition decisions. 
  • Characterisation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in semen during urethral infection in men. 
  • Computer-aided sperm analysis: technology at a crossroads. 
  • Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and their associations with human semen quality measurements. 
  • Differences in the movement of morphologically normal and abnormal human seminal spermatozoa. 
  • Dilution of microbicide gels with vaginal fluid and semen simulants: effect on rheological properties and coating flow. 
  • Effect of temperature and pH on contraceptive gel viscosity. 
  • Effects of genital tract inflammation on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 V3 populations in blood and semen. 
  • Effects of psychological stress on human semen quality. 
  • Ejaculatory profiles and fertility in men after posterior urethroplasty for pelvic fracture-urethral distraction defect injuries. 
  • Erosion of microbicide formulation coating layers: effects of contact and shearing with vaginal fluid or semen. 
  • Estimating correlation by using a general linear mixed model: evaluation of the relationship between the concentration of HIV-1 RNA in blood and semen. 
  • Evaluation of T-lymphocyte subsets present in semen and peripheral blood of healthy donors: a report from the heterosexual transmission study. 
  • Fusome topology and inheritance during insect gametogenesis. 
  • HIV-1 diversity and compartmentalization in urine, semen, and blood. 
  • HIV-1-negative female sex workers sustain high cervical IFNɛ, low immune activation, and low expression of HIV-1-required host genes. 
  • House dust concentrations of organophosphate flame retardants in relation to hormone levels and semen quality parameters. 
  • Hypofertility and clomiphene citrate therapy. 
  • Immunologic challenges of human reproduction: an evolving story. 
  • Impact of fertilization history and semen parameters on ICSI outcome. 
  • Incidence and implications of altered semen quality on family planning. 
  • Increases in human sperm oxygen consumption at low cell concentrations. 
  • Laboratory methods for assessing human semen in epidemiologic studies: a consensus report. 
  • Lymphocyte immunoregulatory cells present in semen from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals: a report from the HIV Heterosexual Transmission Study. 
  • Movement characteristics of bovine epididymal spermatozoa: effects of forward motility protein and epididymal maturation. 
  • Prospective surveillance of semen quality in the workplace. 
  • Proteomics in prostate cancer. 
  • Repeated semen exposure decreases cervicovaginal SIVmac251 infection in rhesus macaques. 
  • Resistance to type 1 interferons is a major determinant of HIV-1 transmission fitness. 
  • Semen analysis. 
  • Semen characteristics of Vietnam veterans. 
  • Successful fertilization and pregnancy outcome in in-vitro fertilization using cryopreserved/thawed spermatozoa from patients with malignant diseases. 
  • Swimming of spermatozoa in a linear viscoelastic fluid. 
  • Temperature and pH sensitive hydrogels: an approach towards smart semen-triggered vaginal microbicidal vehicles. 
  • The Presence and Anti-HIV-1 Function of Tenascin C in Breast Milk and Genital Fluids. 
  • The association between urinary concentrations of phosphorous-containing flame retardant metabolites and semen parameters among men from a fertility clinic. 
  • The healthy men study: design and recruitment considerations for environmental epidemiologic studies in male reproductive health. 
  • The importance of seminal plasma for sperm penetration of human cervical mucus. 
  • The influence of ejaculation on serum levels of prostate specific antigen. 
  • The movement of human spermatozoa in cervical mucus. 
  • The outcome of clinical pregnancies following intracytoplasmic sperm injection is not affected by semen quality. 
  • The relationship between the motility and morphology of spermatozoa in human semen. 
  • Time required for elimination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from the urogenital tract in men with symptomatic urethritis: comparison of oral and intramuscular single-dose therapy. 
  • Transport theory for HIV diffusion through in vivo distributions of topical microbicide gels. 
  • Treatment of human spermatozoa with seminal plasma inhibits protein tyrosine phosphorylation. 
  • Trichomonas vaginalis as a cause of urethritis in Malawian men. 
  • Viral burden in genital secretions determines male-to-female sexual transmission of HIV-1: a probabilistic empiric model. 
  • Y chromosome gr/gr deletions are a risk factor for low semen quality. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Katz, David F., Nello L. Teer, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering