The effect of an anti-insulin antiserum on human sperm motility.
Inhibition of sperm motility by anti-relaxin antiserum has been previously reported. This effect may be secondary to a nonspecific effect of immunoglobulins binding to sperm or to a specific inhibition of relaxin activity at the sperm surface. The current investigation demonstrates that an anti-insulin antiserum does not inhibit sperm motility in the same system in which an anti-relaxin antiserum results in inhibition. This supports the hypothesis that the anti-relaxin antiserum effect is specific.
D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D007330:Insulin Antibodies; D008297:Male; D012065:Relaxin / Q000276:immunology; D013081:Sperm Motility
D007106:Immune Sera; D007330:Insulin Antibodies; D012065:Relaxin