TY - JOUR
T1 - Circulating antibodies to human spermatozoa in patients with ulcerative colitis
AU - Dimitrova, Dimitrina
AU - Kalaydjiev, Svetoslav
AU - Mendizova, Antonya
AU - Piryova, Evgeniya
AU - Nakov, Lyudmil
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - The existence of enhanced humoral immunity against sperm antigens in patients with ulcerative colitis might be a result of the increased intestinal permeability, and may be associated with immunization against antigens of the common intestinal flora possessing common antigenicity with spermatozoa. The result of these two processes is statistically significant increased antisperm antibody (ASA) incidence in patients with ulcerative colitis compared to the healthy blood donors of proven fertility without clinical symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases at the same age. ©2005 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
AB - The existence of enhanced humoral immunity against sperm antigens in patients with ulcerative colitis might be a result of the increased intestinal permeability, and may be associated with immunization against antigens of the common intestinal flora possessing common antigenicity with spermatozoa. The result of these two processes is statistically significant increased antisperm antibody (ASA) incidence in patients with ulcerative colitis compared to the healthy blood donors of proven fertility without clinical symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases at the same age. ©2005 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
U2 - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.041
DO - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.041
M3 - Article
SN - 1556-5653
VL - 84
SP - 1533
EP - 1535
JO - Fertility and Sterility
JF - Fertility and Sterility
IS - 5
ER -