Immune or protective proteins (immunoglobulins) which attack and destroy the sperm because they recognize it as a foreign substance. Antisperm antibodies may be present in the male in blood or sperm or in the female in blood or cervical mucus.
The immune system of some patients may recognise sperm as ‘foreign’ cells and produce antibodies against them. If this happens the antibodies can coat the outside of the sperm which may prevent the sperm from attaching to the egg and therefore inhibit fertilisation.
An immune system response that causes the body to attack and kill off sperm. Both men and women can develop antisperm antibodies.
Antibodies which form against one's own sperm once blood and sperm come in contact (usually during a vasectomy). These antibodies can bind onto the sperm and prevent them from fertilizing eggs, but they cause no health risks or symptoms otherwise.
Antibodies are produced by the immune system to fight off foreign substances,like bacteria. Antisperm antibodies attach themselves to sperm and inhibit movement and their ability to fertilize. Either the man or the woman may produce sperm antibodies.
Diagnosis meaning chemical substances create a hostile environment in the cervical mucous, making it impossible for sperm to swim through it and fertilize the egg. close window
Antisperm antibodies attach themselves to the sperm and can inhibit movement. In men, this is sometimes in response to injury or surgery to the testes when the blood-sperm barrier has been breached. Antisperm antibodies may impair the sperms' ability to fertilize an egg
Antibodies that may be produced by either a female or male which may damage sperm or cause them to adhere to each other, thus limiting their fertility potential.
Antibodies produced by the immune system against sperm. It adversely affects sperm function by inhibiting movement of sperm and fertilization. It can be present in males and females.
antibodies that can attach to sperm and inhibit movement of sperm or fertilization
