title: Exogenous glucose improves long-standing human sperm motility, viability, and mitochondrial function.
abstract: A relevant fraction of human sperm can be maintained in simple phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) for more than 1 week at room temperature, a time that could be doubled if glucose was available. This does not seem to be directly due to sperm mitochondrial activity.
authors.affiliation: Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramalho-Santos
mesh_terms: D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose