| AI | Artificial insemination |
| CASA | Computer-assisted sperm analysis |
| CPM | Counts per million |
| DAVID | Database for annotation, visualization, and integrated discovery |
| DE | Differentially expressed |
| DEMs | Differentially expressed miRNAs |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EGFR | Endothelial growth factor receptor |
| EVs | Extracellular vesicles |
| FC | Fold change |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| IL | Interleukin |
| KEGG | Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MISEV | Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles |
| NTA | Nanoparticle tracking analysis |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PDHX | Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene fluoride |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| RT-qPCR | Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SP | Seminal plasma |
| SPATS2L | Spermatogenesis-associated serine-rich 2-like |
| VAP | Average path velocity |
| VCL | Curvilinear velocity |
| VSL | Straight-line velocity |