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Fig. 7 | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Fig. 7

From: Human sperm degradation of zona pellucida proteins contributes to fertilization

Fig. 7

Effect of protease inhibitors on sperm binding to human native zona pellucida. Protease inhibitors effects on sperm-ZP binding were investigated by hemizona assay as described in Materials and Methods. For each hemizona incubated in the presence of a protease inhibitor, the matching counterpart was incubated with medium. HZI were estimated and presented as percentage (Mean ± SD). N = 4. (*) Control and treatment were significantly different, p = 0.0002

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