Male infertility: a public health issue caused by sexually transmitted pathogens

F Gimenes, RP Souza, JC Bento, JJV Teixeira… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are caused by several pathogens, including bacteria,
viruses and protozoa, and can induce male infertility through multiple pathophysiological …

Pathogenesis of autoimmune male infertility: Juxtacrine, paracrine, and endocrine dysregulation

VA Chereshnev, SV Pichugova, YB Beikin… - Pathophysiology, 2021 - mdpi.com
According to global data, there is a male reproductive potential decrease. Pathogenesis of
male infertility is often associated with autoimmunity towards sperm antigens essential for …

Cytokines in the blood and semen of infertile patients

A Havrylyuk, V Chopyak, Y Boyko, I Kril… - … European Journal of …, 2015 - termedia.pl
Cytokines have been important mediators of the immunity and can be involved in numerous
processes in the male genital tract including acting as immunomodulatory elements within …

Male obesity is associated with changed spermatozoa Cox4i1 mRNA level and altered seminal vesicle fluid composition in a mouse model

NK Binder, JR Sheedy, NJ Hannan… - MHR: Basic science of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The rate of obesity among men of reproductive age has tripled in the last three decades.
Previously, we demonstrated that paternal obesity resulted in impaired preimplantation …

[HTML][HTML] Immune infertility in men

S Leathersich, RJ Hart - Fertility and Sterility, 2022 - Elsevier
Male factors are implicated as the cause of roughly half of cases of infertility, and the
presence of antisperm antibodies (ASA) may be responsible for some of these. Their …

Associations of variants in MTHFR and MTRR genes with male infertility in the Jordanian population

DS Mfady, MF Sadiq, OF Khabour, AFS Fararjeh… - Gene, 2014 - Elsevier
Folate pathway is expected to play an important role in spermatogenesis since it is involved
in DNA synthesis, repair and methylation. The purpose of this study was to examine the …

Male fertility and varicocoele: role of immune factors

VA Bozhedomov, NA Lipatova, IM Rokhlikov… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The role of antisperm antibodies (ASA) in the aetiopathogenesis of varicocoele‐related male
infertility remains unclear. The objective of this study was to determine whether varicocoele …

Flaxseed oil modulates testicular biometrics, hormone, libido, antioxidant and semen profiles in endangered Teressa goat of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

P Perumal, J Sunder, AK De, RR Alyethodi… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Teressa goat is a unique goat breed in Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) of India. Effects
of Flaxseed oil (FSO) supplementation in body weight (BW), scrotal circumference (SC) …

Incidence of sperm surface autoantibodies and relationship with routine semen parameters and sperm kinematics

GL Verón, RI Molina, AD Tissera… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Problem Antisperm antibodies (ASA) are associated with male subfertility. However, results
on sperm surface autoantibodies are controversial, the relationship between ASA and …

Reviewing the evidence on vitamin D supplementation in the management of testosterone status and its effects on male reproductive system (testis and prostate) …

HO Santos, S Howell, K Nichols, FJ Teixeira - Clinical Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Vitamin D supplementation has been suggested to increase testosterone levels.
The primary purpose of this literature review was to critically assess the physiologic effects of …