Sperm auto - antibodies and anti-nuclear antigen antibodies in chronic dioxin - exposed veterans.
The authors studied anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) in 25 chronic dioxin - exposed veterans by IIF technics with Hep-2 cell line and sperm autoantibodies by agglutination test of Franklin-Dukes. The site of antibody binding on spermatozoon is detected by IIF test. The control group for ANA detection is 63 healthy persons of the same age as that of dioxin - exposed veterans and the control group for sperm autoantibodies is 36 healthy males of 28-63 years old, having 1-2 children. Obtained results show that the rate of ANA positive in veterans group is normal, and sperm auto-antibodies is also at normal range. The site of antibody binding on spermatozoon is predominantly head - head, rarely head - neck or tail - tail.
Medical School of Hanoi, Vietnam.
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D000328:Adult; D000941:Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000378:metabolism*; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000276:immunology; D004147:Dioxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010334:Paternity; D013073:Sperm Agglutination; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014728:Veterans; D014744:Vietnam
D000941:Antigens; D001323:Autoantibodies; D004147:Dioxins