Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms in Turkish patients with varicocele.

abstract：:Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen, popularly known as "Brazilian ginseng," is used as medicinal plant in Brazil to treat inflammatory diseases in general. Previous studies showed that its extract increases the nitric oxide (NO) levels. Knowing that NO downregulates steroidogenesis and that alterations in the action...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Auharek SA,Carollo CA,Oliveira RJ,Cunha-Laura AL,Monreal ACD,Siqueira JM,Costa DS,de Paiva Condé TR,Wollf DIL,Aloysio Amaral E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the production of artefacts during preparation and observation of human sperm for ultrastructural morphology and analyse the possible reasons of causing these artefacts. Under the scanning electron microscopy, damaged sperm heads (crack or/and rupture), necks (head-neck or head-mi...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Zhu WJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cryoprotectant-free method was successfully used for rapid freezing of goat epididymal spermatozoa. Lowering sperm volume may increase the temperature exchange rate and improve the freezing output of spermatozoa. The aim of this study was to compare two different packaging types [0.25 ml French straws (FS) and 96-we...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Katanbafzadeh H,Barati F,Tabandeh M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several drugs have been used to stimulate human sperm motility, including 3-deoxy-adenosine, caffeine, and pentoxifylline. Pentoxifylline is an inhibitor of the phosphodiesterase and may stimulate sperm motility by increasing the intracellular levels of cAMP. In this study we have evaluated the effect of pentoxifyllin...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Morales P,Llanos M,Yovich JL,Cummins JM,Vigil P

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：: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：:The dicentric Y chromosome is the most common cytogenetically visible structural abnormality of Y chromosome. The sites of break and fusion of dicentric Y are variable, but break and fusion at Yq12 (proximal to the pseudoautosomal region 2/PAR 2) is very rare. Dicentric Y chromosome is unstable during cell division an...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kumar P,Jain M,Kalsi AK,Halder A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty infertile patients with normal tubal patency were inseminated intraperitoneally (11 once, seven twice, and two three times) with spermatozoa (mean 14 x 10(6), range 0.6-48 x 10(6)) prepared by the standard swim-up technique. The occurrence of immunization to spermatozoa was looked for by the Gelatin Agglutinati...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Ragni G,Lenzi A,Gandini L,Cristiani C,Lombroso GC,Olivares MD,Wyssling H,Dondero F,Crosignani PG

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of bacteria and/or leukocytes on the outcome of IVF or ICSI is influenced by three factors which have little in common with in vivo conditions: 1) The process of ejaculate preparation (swim-up, Percoll) with antibiotic buffered media; 2) The small amount of inseminated spermatozoa (100,000 per culture); ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Michelmann HW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA), an organic synthetic compound and endocrine disruptor, which majorly cause deleterious effects on male reproductory system. Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), associated with Leguminosae family is used as a herbal medicine with potent antioxidant properties. The present study was aimed to scruti...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kaur S,Sadwal S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the structural changes in testicles of the patients with varicocele by strain elastography (SE) and to identify the relationship between semen analysis and hormone levels considering SE results. The patients were separated into two groups as varicocele and control, according to th...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Bitkin A,Başak Ozbalci A,Aydin M,Keles M,Akgunes E,Atilla MK,Irkilata L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre- and postdexamethasone triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), and TSH levels of thirteen patients with psychogenic sexual dysfunction and thirteen controls were studied. Patients showed lowered T4 levels in comparison with the control group whereas T3 and TSH levels did not differ significantly. Dexamethasone had ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Noder M,Rupprecht R,Rupprecht M,Rupprecht C,Hornstein OP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was a 12-week double blind placebo-controlled, randomized, parallel trial in which active treatment with different doses of Maca Gelatinizada was compared with placebo. The study aimed to demonstrate if effect of Maca on subjective report of sexual desire was because of effect on mood or serum testosterone ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Gonzales GF,Córdova A,Vega K,Chung A,Villena A,Góñez C,Castillo S

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase in the human seminal plasma, as assayed by its ability to catalyze the transfer of phosphate from [gama-32P]ATP to the protamine, was found to linearly increase with dilution of the seminal plasma. Extrapolation of the enzyme activity to the undiluted seminal plasma indicated that te protein kinase ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Panyim S

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spontaneous acrosomal reaction of mouse spermatozoa during their passage through the male and female genital tract was studied by indirect immunofluorescence staining techniques using antibodies against the outer acrosomal membrane (OAM). Low rates of spontaneously acrosome-reacted spermatozoa could be observed du...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Klemm M,Engel W

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：:Solasodine obtained from the Solanum xanthocarpum berries was administered to Rhesus monkeys for 150 days to evaluate their effect on testicular cell population dynamics. Solasodine brings about an interference with spermiogenesis at the stage XII of late spermatids. The spermatids were decreased by 69% (P less than 0...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Dixit VP,Gupta RS,Gupta S

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF), which is required for the survival and differentiation of the nervous system, has been proved to play important roles in male reproductive physiology. Several studies have focused on the roles of NGF in the testes. However, no study has reported on the mechanism of paracrine and autocrine ac...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Jiang YW,Zhao Y,Chen SX,Chen L,Li CJ,Zhou X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acrosome is a secretory vesicle located in the sperm head. The acrosome reaction consists in the fusion of the sperm plasma membrane with the external acrosomal membrane. It has been observed that this reaction does not take place in spermatozoa incubated in cervical mucus, hydrogel that contains high concentratio...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Vigil P,Toro A,Godoy A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eutherian mammalian spermatozoa the capacitation is coupled to a specific type of metabolism, that is glycolysis or oxidative respiration. A cytochemical study was carried out on cytochrome oxidase and lactate dehydrogenase in human spermatozoa collected at different times during in vitro capacitation. Human sperma...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Ferrandi B,Lange Consiglio A,Chiara F,Uber E,Marchini M,Baglioni A,Carnevali A,Cremonesi F,Porcelli F

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The numbers of Sertoli and pre-meiotic germ cells in the developing rabbit testis were investigated as an initial step in determining the physiological meaning of the control of cell number in the testis by apoptosis. Sections were stained immunohistochemically for the detection of apoptotic cells and counterstained w...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Hayashi T,Kageyama Y,Ishizaka K,Kihara K,Oshima H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicocele is the most common cause of male infertility. Several theories have been proposed to explain how varicocele induces infertility. The role of epididymis in male infertility is not fully well established. Fibrinogen-like protein 2 is one of serine proteases and is a potent coagulant in membranous form and imm...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Elesawy FM,Abdel Hafeez NA,Abdelsalam OH,Akl EM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For studies addressing the functions of Leydig cells, isolated cells are often better suited than intact animals. Here, the isolation procedure of Leydig cells from adult male Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) is described. Cells were isolated using a procedure involving enzymatic dissociation and Percoll-gradie...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Niedziela M,Lerchl A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess seminal reactive oxygen species (ROS)-antioxidants relationship in fertile and infertile men with and without varicocele. One hundred and seventy six males were studied; fertile healthy volunteers (n = 45), fertile men with varicocele (n = 45), infertile oligoasthenozoospermia (OA, ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Mostafa T,Anis T,Imam H,El-Nashar AR,Osman IA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile dysfunction could be an early sign of endothelial dysfunction and, therefore, of cardiovascular disease, with which it shares many risk factors. Among reversible risk factors, physical inactivity is one of the most important. Regular physical exercise has been shown to improve erectile function through differ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Duca Y,Calogero AE,Cannarella R,Giacone F,Mongioi LM,Condorelli RA,La Vignera S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigated the association between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and sexual dysfunction in ageing men. It was a cross-sectional study in an unselected consecutive sample of 398 men aged >40 years attending a urology clinic. LUTS and sexual function were assessed by validated symptom scales, including...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Tsao CW,Cha TL,Lee SS,Tang SH,Wu ST,Tsui KH,Sun GH

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various nuclear sperm alterations are reported in patients with syndromic teratozoospermia; however, this has not been clearly identified yet in total polymorphic teratozoospermia. The aim of this study was to analyse sperm aneuploidy, DNA integrity and chromatin packaging in 45 infertile patients with total polymorph...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Braham A,Ghedir H,Zidi I,Sallem A,Hajlaoui A,Ajina M,Saad A,Ibala-Romdhane S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing concern that abnormalities in male reproductive health are becoming more frequent. The most fundamental change has been the striking decline in sperm counts and semen quality. The effect of maternal exposure of rats to the oestrogenic environmental substance p-nonylphenol (p-NP) was determined in this...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： de Jager C,Bornman MS,Oosthuizen JM

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:Maturation arrest (MA) of spermatogenesis is diagnosed on histology as interruption of spermatogenesis before the final stage without impairment of Sertoli or Leydig cells. It is considered a condition of irreversible or absolute infertility. Varicocele, which represents impairment in the testicular venous drainage sy...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Gat Y,Gornish M,Chakraborty J,Perlow A,Levinger U,Pasqualotto F

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00