title: The concentrations of transferrin, beta 2-microglobulin, and albumin in seminal plasma in relation to sperm count.
abstract: A number of studies have shown a relationship between transferrin levels in seminal plasma and sperm count. In the present study, the levels of transferrin, beta 2-microglobulin and albumin were measured in 171 samples of seminal plasma (50 subjects with normal sperm count; 32 with azoospermia; 49 with oligozoospermia; 10 with polyzoospermia; and 31 vasectomized). All three proteins were related to sperm count. It is concluded that there is a general relationship between seminal plasma proteins and sperm numbers and that some products of the sperm themselves must control the entry of plasma proteins into seminal plasma.
authors.affiliation: St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parslow
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rehmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dawnay
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000503:physiopathology; D011336:Probability; D012016:Reference Values; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis*; D013076:Sperm Count; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis*; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin; D014168:Transferrin; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin