Sperm Chromatin: Biological and Clinical Applications in Male Infertility and Assisted Reproduction (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

I. Human Sperm Chromatin: Structure and Function 1. Sperm Chromatin: An Overview Rodney Balhorn 2. Spermatogenesis: An Overview Rakesh Sharma and Ashok Agarwal 3. Sperm Nucleoproteins Rafael Oliva and Judit Castillo 4. The Relationship Between Chromatin Structure and DNA Damage in Mammalian Spermatozoa Kenneth Dominguez, Chris D. R. Arca, and W. Steven Ward 5. Chromosome Positioning in Spermatozoa Andrei Zalensky, Olga Mudrak, and Irina Zalenskaya 6. Sperm Mitochondrial DNA Justin C. St. John and Bianca St. John 7. The Sperm Epigenome Donovan Chan and Jacquetta Trasler 8. RNA Expression in Germ Cells During Spermatogenesis (Germ Cell Transcriptome) Tin-Lap Lee, Albert Hoi-Hung Cheung, Owen M. Rennert, and Wai-Yee Chan II. Laboratory Evaluation of Sperm Chromatin 9. Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay (SCSA®): 30 Years' Experience with the SCSA® Donald P. Evenson 10. Sperm Chromatin Dispersion Test: Technical Aspects and Clinical Applications Jaime Gosalvez, Carmen Lopez-Fernandez, and Jose Luis Fernandez 11. Basic and Clinical Aspects of the Sperm Chromomycin A3 Assay Giancarlo Manicardi, Davide Bizzaro, and Denny Sakkas 12. Cytochemical Tests for Sperm Chromatin Maturity Igor Tsarev and Juris Erenpreiss 13. Acridine Orange Test for Assessment of Human Sperm DNA Integrity Alex C. Varghese, C. Fischer-Hammadeh, and M. E. Hammadeh 14. Laboratory Evaluation of Sperm Chromatin: TUNEL Assay Rakesh Sharma and Ashok Agarwal 15. The Basic and Clinical Aspects of the Sperm Comet Assay Luke Simon and Sheena E. M. Lewis 16. Assays Used in the Study of Sperm Nuclear Proteins Timothy G. Jenkins, Benjamin R. Emery, and Douglas T. Carrell 17. Sperm Epigenetic Profile Cristina Joana Marques, Alberto Barros, and Mario Sousa 18. Clinical Significance of Sperm RNA Jean-Pierre Dadoune, Isabelle Galeraud-Denis, and Serge Carreau III. Biological and Clinical Determinants of Sperm Chromatin Damage 19. Role of Oxidative Stress in the Etiology of Sperm DNA Damage R. John Aitken and Geoffry N. De Iuliis 20. Abortive Apoptosis and Sperm Chromatin Damage Hasan M. El-Fakahany and Denny Sakkas 21. Spermiogenesis in Sperm Genetic Integrity Marie-Chantal Gregoire, Frederic Leduc, and Guylain Boissonneault 22. Male Subfertility and Sperm Chromatin Damage Mona Bungum, Aleksander Giwercman, and Marcello Spano 23. Aging and Sperm DNA Damage Fabio F. Pasqualotto and Eleonora B. Pasqualotto 24. Cancer in Males: Implications for Sperm Quality, Fertility, and Progeny Outcome Peter Chan and Bernard Robaire 25. Sperm Chromatin and Environmental Factors Aleksander Giwercman 26. Effects of Male Accessory Gland Infection on Sperm Parameters Aldo E. Calogero, Sandro La Vignera, Rosita A. Condorelli, Rosario D'Agata, and Enzo Vicari IV. Sperm Chromatin and Assisted Reproductive Technology Outcomes 27. The Impact of Sperm Processing and Cryopreservation on Sperm DNA Integrity Dan Yu, Luke Simon, and Sheena E. M. Lewis 28. Structure of Chromatin in Human Sperm Bound to Hyaluronic Acid: The Benefits of PICSI Dish Mediated Sperm Selection Leyla Sati and Gabor Huszar 29. Electrophoretic Sperm Separation Steven Fleming and R. John Aitken 30. Antioxidants and Sperm DNA Damage Armand Zini and Maria San Gabriel 31. Sperm Chromatin and ART (IUI, IVF, and ICSI) Pregnancy Mona Bungum 32. Sperm DNA Damage and Pregnancy Loss After IVF/ICSI Armand Zini and Jason Matthew Boman 33. Postnatal Effects of Sperm Chromatin Damage Miriam Perez-Crespo, Raul Fernandez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel Ramirez, Eva Pericuesta, Alexandra Calle, and Alfonso Gutierrez-Adan 34. Evaluation of Chromatin and DNA Integrity in Testicular Sperm Armand Zini and Naif Al-Hathal V. Protocols and Integrity Tests 35. The Alkaline Comet Assay Sheena E. M. Lewis 36. Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay (SCSA) Donald P. Evenson 37. Measurement of DNA Damage i