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. 2009 Feb 2;11(3):308–316. doi: 10.1038/aja.2008.25

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Individual difference (%) from the initial value (100%) for several sperm lipids after migration into PMN-free (strait lines) and PMN+ (dotted lines) mucus samples. The percentage difference from the initial value was significantly smaller in the presence of PMN than in the absence of PMN for the majority of assessed phospholipid molecular species (P = 0.02 for 22:4/16:0, P = 0.007 for18:2/16:0 and 20:4/18:0, P = 0.008 for 22:6/18:0 and P = 0.03 for total diacyls), but not for cholesterol, sphingomyelin or plasmalogen (P = 0.85, P = 0.18 and P = 0.06, respectively). PMN, polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Diacyls: D16:0/22:6 (1-palmitoyl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospholipid); D16:0/20:4 (1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospholipid); D18:0/22:6 (1-stearoyl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospholipid).