Methamphetamine induces abnormal sperm morphology, low sperm concentration and apoptosis in the testis of male rats.

abstract：:The synthetic androgen mibolerone elicits a set of distinct changes in the behaviour of an androgen responsive human prostatic carcinoma cell line (LNCaP). Inhibition of cell proliferation, induction of morphological change and of a prostate specific mRNA, and inhibition of colony formation in soft agar are induced by...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Schulz P,Wolf D,Arbusow V,Bojar H,Klobeck HG,Fittler F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shilajit is claimed as a Vajikarak (aphrodisiac) and used for the treatment of male infertility by traditional healers of the Indian subcontinent. Therefore, the present investigation was designed to assess the effectiveness of Shilajit for treatment of male infertility resulting from exposure to perilous chemicals. E...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Mishra RK,Jain A,Singh SK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, the polymorphism of oestrogen receptor β gene was investigated in nonobstructive azoospermia patients. Ninety infertile patients with nonobstructive azoospermia diagnosed after two semen analysis, 2 weeks apart and negative testicular sperm extraction during intracytoplasmic sperm injection, an...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Younes AH,Hamed HB,Mohamed EM,Makki MA,Gaber N,Mohamed HM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sertoli-cell-only (SCO) syndrome, or germ cell aplasia, is diagnosed on testicular biopsy when germ cells are seen to be absent without histological impairment of Sertoli or Leydig cells. It is considered a situation of irreversible infertility. Recent studies have shown that varicocele, a bilateral disease, causes hy...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Gat Y,Gornish M,Perlow A,Chakraborty J,Levinger U,Ben-Shlomo I,Pasqualotto F

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ejaculates collected for in vitro procedures show variably rapid increases in osmolality, depending on enzymatic degradation of compounds. Changes in osmolality can affect cell functions due to the energy consuming processes needed to control cell volume. The aim was to examine the effects of a hypotonic challen...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Holmes E,Björndahl L,Kvist U

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has revealed that reactive oxygen species (ROS) negatively affect sperm function, both in vivo and in vitro. Sperm preparation techniques for assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are potential causes for additional ROS production. This study aimed to correlate the concentration of exogenous H(2)O(2) with ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： du Plessis SS,McAllister DA,Luu A,Savia J,Agarwal A,Lampiao F

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prime concern of the present work was the analysis of dermatoglyphic patterns in infertile patients presenting with clinically detectable varicocele. In a controlled study conducted on 30 patients and utilizing a slight modification of the original ink method of Cummins and Midlo, the dermatoglyphics on terminal p...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Salam EA,Hafiez AR,El Kerdasi Z,Aiad F,Mahmoud KZ

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular sperm extraction is a common surgical procedure to retrieve spermatozoa from men with azoospermia which may affect the tissue and cause hypogonadism (Human Reproduction Update, 24, 2018, 442). We aimed to evaluate the acute effect of micro-TESE on blood total testosterone (TT) and luteinising hormone (LH) l...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Sertkaya Z,Tokuç E,Özkaya F,Ertaş K,Kutluhan MA,Çulha MG

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the protective effects of Eugenia jambolana extract (EJE) or N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) on testis, cisplatin (CIS, 5 mg kg(-1) bw, single dose) was administered either alone or along with EJE (25 mg kg(-1) bw, alternate day) or NAC (150 mg kg(-1) bw, Day 1 and 4) for 7 days. Significant alterations in serum LH,...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Anand H,Misro MM,Sharma SB,Prakash S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have confirmed that spermatogenesis in homozygous Immp2l mutant male mice was normal at the age of 6 months, but was significantly abnormal at the age of 13 months. Meanwhile, oxidative stress is reported to be involved in spermatogenic impairment in old mutant mice. However, it is unclear whether ant...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Jiang Y,Liu C,Lei B,Xu X,Lu B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oestrogen biosynthesis in ejaculated spermatozoa is an autonomous process, which may influence sperm functions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the expression of aromatase, sperm quality and seminal neutral α-glucosidase marker in semen of Tunisian infertile men: asthenozoospermia (A...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Said L,Saad A,Carreau S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further investigate the effectiveness of pentoxifylline (trental) treatment in male infertility, we studied 22 young men (mean age 28.4 years) with "idiopathic" oligo-asthenozoospermia treated for 6 months with the drug (1200 mg daily orally). Sperm concentration and sperm motility were determined before therapy, a...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Marrama P,Baraghini GF,Carani C,Celani MF,Giovenco P,Grandi F,Montanini V

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human spermatozoa were incubated with gossypol acetic acid (100 micrograms/1 X 10(6) spermatozoa/ml) at 37 degrees C for 30 min. The drug treatment inhibited the spermatozoal motility significantly. Washing of the spermatozoa, after gossypol treatment, did not effect their motility. A partial revival in the motility o...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kalla NR,Gadru N,Foo TW

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of assistance on the comprehensibility and reliability of the Turkish version of International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). In this study, 458 patients were asked to complete the IIEF questionnaire by themselves during their first visit and then once again during t...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Bayraktar Z,Atun I

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histochemical study has been made of the localization and changes of lipids, carbohydrates, ATPase and 5'-nucleotidase in fresh and fixed frozen sections of testicular and epididymal components in the normal and alpha-chlorohydrin-treated rats. After treatment with a single low dose of alpha-chlorohydrin, the phosph...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Guraya SS,Gill SK

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies were used in indirect immunofluorescence microscopy to localize vimentin intermediate filaments in the rat seminiferous epithelium. During stages XII-V of the epithelial cycle, the Sertoli cells showed a reaction in the perinuclear area and vimentin-positive extensions, projecting ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Mali P,Virtanen I,Parvinen M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a single injection of serum gonadotrophin (PMSG) at the dose of 15 IU/kg, i.m. into rams testosterone in the plasma of blood showed a significant rise between 4th and 7th day post-injection. At the same time (4th-7th day) the plasminogen activator activity (PAA) in seminal plasma was found to be increased, but t...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Rekkas C,Belibasaki S,Taitzoglou I,Kokolis N,Smokovitis A

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Definition of chronic male genital tract inflammation and its impact on male infertility is still a matter of debate. In particular, DNA integrity has been reported to be disturbed in subfertile men. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate an association of DNA integrity to altered standard semen parameters as ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Haidl F,Haidl G,Oltermann I,Allam JP

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of varicocele the reverse venous blood flow can be detected by the use of the Doppler-stethoscope in a simple way. Applied to the basic examination of fertility patients this method has proved to be a valuable non-invasive screening in the evaluation of varicoceles including cases with minor clinical symptoms...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Ebert L,Bedbur M,Hofmann N

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tramadol, one of the most commonly abused drugs in Middle East, impacts spermatogenesis and disturbs reproductive hormones in animal studies. We aimed to investigate tramadol impact on sperm quality and on levels of testosterone, prolactin and gonadotropins, in tramadol abusers (n = 30) to age-matched control (n = 30)...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Farag AGA,Basha MA,Amin SA,Elnaidany NF,Elhelbawy NG,Mostafa MMT,Khodier SA,Ibrahem RA,Mahfouz RZ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aimed to assess seminal plasma reactive oxygen species (ROS)-antioxidants relationship with varicocele grade in infertile men with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT). The study included 89 infertile OAT men with varicocele divided into grade I (n = 22) and grade II (n = 43), grade III (n = 24) and compared w...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Mostafa T,Anis T,El Nashar A,Imam H,Osman I

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estrogen binding protein has been demonstrated in the cytosol of the epididymis and caudal lobe of prostate of immature rhesus monkey. Scatchard plot analyses were linear, suggesting a single class of high affinity binding sites for the synthetic estrogen, R-2858 (Moxestrol) with a Kd of 5.88 X 10(-10) mol/l and a ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kamal N,Agarwal AK,Jehan Q,Setty BS

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Searching for further characteristics of sperm in the diagnosis of male infertility it was examined if ejaculates with "normo-, oligo-, astheno-, terato-" and "azoospermia" showed typical modifications in their triglyceride- and phospholipid contents. The examination was conveyed in spermatozoa and seminal plasma. In ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kulka P,Nissen HP,Kreysel HW

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1982, 89 men from all over the FRG participated in an investigation of sperm density and the presence of selected persistent environmental chemicals in their semen. Semen concentrations for the following chemicals were measured: lead, cadmium, hexachlorobenzene (HCBC), a-hexachlorocyclohexane (a-BHC), DDT and metab...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Stachel B,Dougherty RC,Lahl U,Schlösser M,Zeschmar B

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A careful history and evaluation of men with chronic orchialgia elucidates the aetiology in some men to be a hyperactive cremaster muscle reflex with testicular retraction as the cause. The objective is to evaluate outcomes in men who underwent microsurgical subinguinal cremaster muscle release (MSCMR) with a retrospe...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kavoussi PK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-chloramphenicol, at concentrations of 20 and 40 micrograms/ml, inhibited over 80% of the newly synthesized mitochondrial proteins expressed by incorporation of 3H-amino acid mixture. At concentrations of 20 and 40 micrograms ml-1, D-chloramphenicol enhanced the collective motility of washed ram spermatozoa. The coll...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Twaina-Bechor E,Bartoov B

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is an intractable disease. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of cryotherapy in the therapy of CP/CPPS. One hundred and seventy-two patients with CP/CPPS were randomised to receive cryotherapy or sham cryotherapy. The follow-up assessments were done at we...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Peng X,Gao H,Wang J

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The reference values of human semen, published in the WHO's latest edition in 2010, were lower than those previously reported. The objective of this study was to evaluate reference values of standard semen parameters in fertile Egyptian men. This cross-sectional study included 240 fertile men. Men were considered fert...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Zedan H,Ismail S,Gomaa A,Saleh R,Henkel R,Agarwal A

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP⁄CPPS) is the prostate gland inflammation characterised as genitourinary pain in the pelvic region. The rat experimental autoimmune prostatitis (EAP) was achieved to mimic CP⁄CPPS. The expressions of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in the prostate, b...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Zhang J,Yi QT,Gong M,Zhang YQ,Liu D,Zhu RJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A partial cDNA sequence of the boar 28, 29-kDa proacrosin-binding protein was determined. The desired sequence was amplified and obtained by RT-PCR followed by nested PCR. The oligonucleotide primers for RT-PCR were designed by deduction from the internal amino acid sequence of the boar proacrosin-binding protein. An ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Huh K,Yi LS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00