Post-vasectomy antisperm immune reaction after testosterone-induced azoospermia.
We describe preliminary experiments on the effects of testosterone-induced azoospermia on post-vasectomy antisperm antibody reaction in two subjects. Progressive resumption of spermatogenesis following gradual suspension of testosterone therapy was still associated with antisperm antibody formation. Post-vasectomy antisperm antibody production does not seem to be triggered exclusively by acute, sudden and massive reabsorption of spermatoza after vasectomy but also by slow, gradual and late sperm antigen reabsorption.
D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000276:immunology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*; D013739:Testosterone; D014659:Vasectomy
D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens; D013739:Testosterone