Supplementation with specific branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) affects mouse sperm parameters and testicular apoptotic gene expression

¹Department of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Advanced Technologies in Biology, University Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran

²Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

³Animal Core Facility, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

⁴Department of Animal Science, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

⁵Department of Animal & Food Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA

⁶EVALSEM, GReD Institute, CRBC, Faculté de Médecine, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France

⁷Department of Basic and Population Based Studies in NCD, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

⁸gyn-medicum, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

⁹Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany