Immunological consequences of vasectomy and consideration of some of their implications.
The immunological consequences of vasectomy are manifested via the development of humoral and cell-mediated responses. In the present overview the immunological sequelae of those responses in man ranging from their methods of detection, of antigen and antibody, principally at the humoral level; local effects on the reproductive tract; circulating immune complexes and the critical area of reanastomosis are considered.
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006224:Cricetinae; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*; D013243:Sterilization Reversal; D014659:Vasectomy / Q000009:adverse effects
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001323:Autoantibodies