Microbiology and immune mechanisms associated with male infertility

J Chen, J Chen, Y Fang, Q Shen, K Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Up to 50% of infertility is caused by the male side. Varicocele, orchitis, prostatitis,
oligospermia, asthenospermia, and azoospermia are common causes of impaired male …

Toxoplasma gondii infection and testosterone alteration: A systematic review and meta-analyses

A Abdoli, F Ghaffarifar, Z Sharifi, A Taghipour - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a worldwide distributed protozoan parasite
which has infected a wide range of warm-blooded animals and humans. The most common …

Association between latent toxoplasmosis and fertility parameters of men

J Hlaváčová, J Flegr, K Řežábek, P Calda… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background About a third of people in the world are infected with Toxoplasma gondii. This
parasite has been found in the reproductive organs and semen of males of many animal …

[HTML][HTML] Curcumin as an indirect methylation inhibitor modulates the effects of Toxoplasma gondii on genes involved in male fertility

J Saki, M Sabaghan, R Arjmand, A Teimoori… - EXCLI …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toxoplasma gondii is a common protozoan parasite, which infects warm-blooded mammals,
including mice and humans, throughout the world. The negative effects of T. gondii infection …

Differential transcriptome study on the damage of testicular tissues caused by chronic infection of T. gondii in mice

H Li, H Yuan, ZP Yang, Y Song, JJ Wang, Q Wen… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that is widely
distributed in humans and warm-blooded animals. T. gondii chronic infections can cause …

Associations between Toxoplasma gondii infection and steroid hormone levels in spotted hyenas

ZM Laubach, E Gering, E Yang, TM Montgomery… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite that infects warm-blooded animals and influences
host physiology. T. gondii is known to target the host's central nervous system, affecting …

Testicular toxoplasmosis in a 26-year-old immunocompetent man

V Wong, C Amarasekera, S Kundu - Case Reports, 2018 - casereports.bmj.com
Testicular toxoplasmosis is a very rare presentation of Toxoplasma gondii. A 26-year-old
immunocompetent man presented to us with right testicular pain and a right epididymal …

Transcriptomic analysis of reproductive damage in the epididymis of male Kunming mice induced by chronic infection of Toxoplasma gondii PRU strain

YX Zheng, XX Zhang, JA Hernandez, YS Mahmmod… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Some researchers have reported that Toxoplasma gondii can cause serious
reproductive impairment in male animals. Specifically, T. gondii destroy the quality of sperm …

Transcriptome Analysis of Testes and Uterus: Reproductive Dysfunction Induced by Toxoplasma gondii in Mice

J Wang, T Liu, YS Mahmmod, Z Yang, J Tan, Z Ren… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection in female mammals during pregnancy can result in
poor pregnancy. Similarly, it can result in male reproductive disorders in male mammals …

[PDF][PDF] Toxoplasmosis seropositivity and male sex hormones

MR Hussien, ATM Al-Saeed, SH Eassa - J. Immunol Infect Dis, 2018 - researchgate.net
Background: Toxoplasmosis is a cosmopolitan disease with acute and chronic infections,
caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii that can infect a …