Spermatozoa

"Spermatozoa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Mature male germ cells derived from SPERMATIDS. As spermatids move toward the lumen of the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES, they undergo extensive structural changes including the loss of cytoplasm, condensation of CHROMATIN into the SPERM HEAD, formation of the ACROSOME cap, the SPERM MIDPIECE and the SPERM TAIL that provides motility.

Descriptor ID	D013094
MeSH Number(s)	A05.360.490.890 A11.497.760
Concept/Terms	Spermatozoa Spermatozoa Spermatozoon Sperm X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Sperm, X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms, X-Chromosome-Bearing X Chromosome Bearing Sperm X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms X-Bearing Sperm Sperm, X-Bearing Sperms, X-Bearing X Bearing Sperm X-Bearing Sperms Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Sperm, Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms, Y-Chromosome-Bearing Y Chromosome Bearing Sperm Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms Y-Bearing Sperm Sperm, Y-Bearing Sperms, Y-Bearing Y Bearing Sperm Y-Bearing Sperms

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Anatomy [A]
Urogenital System [A05]
Genitalia [A05.360]
Germ Cells [A05.360.490]
Spermatozoa [A05.360.490.890]
Cells [A11]
Germ Cells [A11.497]
Spermatozoa [A11.497.760]

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Bar chart showing 28 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2002

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	1	0	1
1994	2	1	3
1995	1	1	2
1998	1	1	2
2000	0	1	1
2002	2	2	4
2003	1	0	1
2005	3	0	3
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2010	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1
2015	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	0	1	1

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Lal A, Pike JFW, Polley EL, Huang S, Sanni M, Hailat T, Zimmerman S, Clay-Gilmour A, Bruce TF, Marcus KR, Roudebush WE, Chosed RJ. Comparison of RNA content from hydrophobic interaction chromatography-isolated seminal plasma exosomes from intrauterine insemination (IUI) pregnancies. Andrologia. 2022 Mar; 54(2):e14325.

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Malpe MS, McSwain LF, Kudyba K, Ng CL, Nicholson J, Brady M, Qian Y, Choksi V, Hudson AG, Parrott BB, Schulz C. G-protein signaling is required for increasing germline stem cell division frequency in response to mating in Drosophila males. Sci Rep. 2020 03 03; 10(1):3888.

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Khezri A, Narud B, Stenseth EB, Johannisson A, Myromslien FD, Gaustad AH, Wilson RC, Lyle R, Morrell JM, Kommisrud E, Ahmad R. DNA methylation patterns vary in boar sperm cells with different levels of DNA fragmentation. BMC Genomics. 2019 Nov 27; 20(1):897.

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Burnett CR, Bridges WC, Pratt SL. Effects of grazing tall fescue containing ergot alkaloids on bull sperm cryopreservation. Anim Reprod Sci. 2017 Jun; 181:24-29.

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Mulpur P, Yadavilli S, Mulpur P, Kondiparthi N, Sengupta B, Rao AM, Podila R, Kamisetti V. Flexible Ag-C60 nano-biosensors based on surface plasmon coupled emission for clinical and forensic applications. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2015 Oct 14; 17(38):25049-54.

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Archer SL, Roudebush WE. Enhancement of sperm motility using pentoxifylline and platelet-activating factor. Methods Mol Biol. 2013; 927:241-5.

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Sheridan MB, Kato T, Haldeman-Englert C, Jalali GR, Milunsky JM, Zou Y, Klaes R, Gimelli G, Gimelli S, Gemmill RM, Drabkin HA, Hacker AM, Brown J, Tomkins D, Shaikh TH, Kurahashi H, Zackai EH, Emanuel BS. A palindrome-mediated recurrent translocation with 3:1 meiotic nondisjunction: the t(8;22)(q24.13;q11.21). Am J Hum Genet. 2010 Aug 13; 87(2):209-18.

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Kordus RJ, Price RL, Davis JM, Whitman-Elia GF. Successful twin birth following blastocyst culture of embryos derived from the immotile ejaculated spermatozoa from a patient with primary ciliary dyskinesia: a case report. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2008 Sep-Oct; 25(9-10):437-43.

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Furland NE, Oresti GM, Antollini SS, Venturino A, Maldonado EN, Aveldaño MI. Very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are the major acyl groups of sphingomyelins and ceramides in the head of mammalian spermatozoa. J Biol Chem. 2007 Jun 22; 282(25):18151-18161.

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Zhu J, Massey JB, Mitchell-Leef D, Elsner CW, Kort HI, Roudebush WE. Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase activity affects sperm motility and serves as a decapacitation factor. Fertil Steril. 2006 Feb; 85(2):391-4.

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