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Inhibition of Fertilization with Specific Antibodies

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Physiology and Genetics of Reproduction

Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences ((BLSC,volume 4))

Abstract

Interest in using immunological procedures to study events and components in reproduction has increased recently, as indicated by the number of research papers published on the subject. From several review articles (Piko, 1967; Tyler et al, 1967; Edwards, 1970; Kirby, 1970; Shulman, 1971; Fox and Shivers, 1972), workshops (Society for the Study of Reproduction, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971), and international symposia (Geneva, Switzerland, 1968, and Varna, Bulgaria, 1971) dealing with the subject of immunoreproduction, one is led to conclude that many macromolecular components of reproductive tissues serve as antigens when exposed to the immune system of the same or different mammalian species and that specific antibodies produced against these antigens are useful for a variety of diagnostic purposes including studies on fertility and sterility.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

    C. Alex Shivers & Alan B. Dudkiewicz

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  1. Department of Maternal Health and Child Care, Federal University of Bahia Faculty of Medicine, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

    Elsimar M. Coutinho

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Fritz Fuchs

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Shivers, C.A., Dudkiewicz, A.B. (1974). Inhibition of Fertilization with Specific Antibodies. In: Coutinho, E.M., Fuchs, F. (eds) Physiology and Genetics of Reproduction. Basic Life Sciences, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2892-6_6

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