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Antibodies of the ABO system can affect the metabolism of human spermatozoa. The main effect is that the anaerobic glycolysis of sperm from men with A or AB secretor phenotypes is lowered in anti-A or anti-B antisera. Respiration, on the other hand, is increased
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ACKERMAN, D. Antibodies of the ABO System and the Metabolism of Human Spermatozoa. Nature 213, 253–256 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213253a0
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