• PMID: 1724034
• Gene Name: LYZ
• Condition: Male infertility
• Association: Associated
• Population size: 100
• Population details: 100 (60 (40 of these men suffering from sterility)
• Sex: Male
• Infertility type: Male infertility
• Associated genes: lysozyme
• Other associated phenotypes: Male infertility

[The diagnosis of male infertility based on the lysozyme level in sperm]

Kuz'min MD, Luda AP, Mikha?lova EA, Bukharin OV.

Spermal samples of 60 men were examined, 40 of these men suffering from sterility. A significant reduction of the share of mobile spermatozoa in sterile patients was parallelled by a reduced spermal lysozyme level, as against that in healthy controls. In other words, a relationship between spermal lysozyme level and spermatozoa mobility was revealed. The detected regular reduction of spermal lysozyme level permits using this parameter as a diagnostic test. FAU - Kuz'min, M D AU - Kuz'min MD FAU - Luda, A P AU - Luda AP FAU - Mikhaĭlova, E A AU - Mikhaĭlova EA