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|DOI=10.1258/ijsa.2008.008106 | |DOI=10.1258/ijsa.2008.008106 | ||
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}}</ref> Fleiss, Hodges & Van Howe (1998) reported the presence of cathepsin B, lysosyme, chymotrypsin, neutrophil elastase, and cytokine in the sub-preputial moisture. These substances have a destructive lytic effect on pathogens and make the preputial sac a trap for disease-causing organisms. | }}</ref> Fleiss, Hodges & Van Howe (1998) reported the presence of cathepsin B, lysosyme, chymotrypsin, neutrophil elastase, and cytokine in the sub-preputial moisture.<ref name="fleiss1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> These substances have a destructive lytic effect on pathogens and make the preputial sac a trap for disease-causing organisms. | ||
Men with the longest foreskins are able to glide the [[foreskin]] without exposing the [[glans penis]]. | Men with the longest foreskins are able to glide the [[foreskin]] without exposing the [[glans penis]]. | ||