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  • Title: A simple and sensitive solid-phase radioimmunoassay for measuring the transferrin content of human biological fluids: its application to seminal plasma.
    Author: Khalfoun B, Barthelemy C, Crouzat-Reynes G, Bardos P.
    Journal: Int J Biochem; 1986; 18(12):1135-9. PubMed ID: 3817274.
    Abstract:
    A highly sensitive and reproducible radioimmunoassay was established to detect transferrin in human fluids. By this technique, applied to seminal fluid, transferrin levels (micrograms/ml) were found in normozoospermic individuals (64.49 +/- 25.41) at level higher than in oligozoospermic (38.93 +/- 21.35), azoospermic (19.49 +/- 10.23), or vasectomized (19.61 +/- 8.95) subjects. A relationship between transferrin and spermatozoid concentration in sperm was shown. These results reinforce previous findings that seminal transferrin can be used as a reliable clinical marker of Sertoli Cell function.
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