[HTML][HTML] Effect of COVID-19 on male reproductive system–a systematic review

Y He, J Wang, J Ren, Y Zhao, J Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2), a receptor for Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to enter host cells, is widely expressed …

SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific virulence factors in COVID‐19

A Kumar, P Prasoon, C Kumari, V Pareek… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The paucity of knowledge about severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐
CoV‐2)‐specific virulence factors has greatly hampered the therapeutic management of …

COVID‐19 and human spermatozoa—Potential risks for infertility and sexual transmission?

RJ Aitken - Andrology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As COVID‐19 infections wreak havoc across the globe, attention has rightly been focused
on the vital organ systems (lung, kidney and heart) that are vulnerable to viral attack and …

Extrapulmonary and atypical clinical presentations of COVID‐19

A Abobaker, AA Raba, A Alzwi - Journal of medical virology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV2) has led to an outbreak of multiple cases of pneumonia
in Wuhan city in December 2019. The disease caused by this virus was named coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] Testicular atrophy and hypothalamic pathology in COVID-19: possibility of the incidence of male infertility and HPG axis abnormalities

K Selvaraj, S Ravichandran, S Krishnan… - Reproductive …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which resulted from the pandemic outbreak
of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causes a massive …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 disrupts the blood–testis barrier through the induction of inflammatory cytokines and disruption of junctional proteins

T Peirouvi, A Aliaghaei, B Eslami Farsani… - Inflammation …, 2021 - Springer
Objective Junctional proteins are the most important component of the blood-testis barrier
and maintaining the integrity of this barrier is essential for spermatogenesis and male …

[HTML][HTML] Spironolactone: an anti-androgenic and anti-hypertensive drug that may provide protection against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) induced acute …

FA Cadegiani, CG Wambier, A Goren - Frontiers in Medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mortality following infection of severe acute
respiratory coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was thought to be solely associated with aging and …

COVID-19 and human reproduction: A pandemic that packs a serious punch

G Anifandis, HG Tempest, R Oliva… - Systems Biology in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide health emergency that has impacted 188
countries at last count. The rapid community transmission and relatively high mortality rates …

[HTML][HTML] Testosterone in COVID-19: an adversary bane or comrade boon

HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, H Faidah… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 is a pandemic disease caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2), which leads to pulmonary manifestations like acute lung injury (ALI) and acute …

SARS‐CoV‐2 in the semen: Where does it come from?

C Massarotti, A Garolla, E Maccarini, P Scaruffi… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The recent report of SARS‐CoV‐2 presence in semen samples of six patients,
including two subjects who were recovering from the clinical disease, re‐opened the …