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Science 23 September 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4310, pp. 1282 - 1283
DOI: 10.1126/science.897668
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Science, Vol 197, Issue 4310, 1282-1283
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Sperm autoantibodies in vasectomized rats of different inbred strains

PE Bigazzi, LL Kosuda, and LL Harnick

An immune response to antigens of spermatozoa occurs after vasectomy in rats of some inbred strains, but not in others. Antibodies to rat spermatozoa were detected by indirect immunofluorescence in some of the serums of vasectomized rats of the following strains: 80 percent of Lewis, 47 percent of Brown Norway, 13 percent of Buffalo, 12 percent of Wistar-Furth, and 11 percent of ACI rats. No such antibodies were detected in the serums of vasectomized Fischer, Dark Agouti, and Sprague-Dawley rats.


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