Terazosin-induced alterations in catalase expression and lipid peroxidation in the rat seminal vesicles.

abstract：:Altered protamine 1 (PRM1)/ protamine 2 (PRM2) mRNA ratio in testicular biopsy samples correlates with sperm quality and its fertilising ability. This study is planned to assess PRM1/ PRM2 mRNA ratio in subgroups of azoospermia to suggest a more reliable and accurate marker for assessing sperm quality in nonobstructiv...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Amjad S,Mushtaq S,Rehman R,Munir A,Zahid N,Siddique PQR

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of rutin against reproductive damage caused by toxic mercury in male rats. Thirty-five Sprague Dawley rats were used. Control group was injected with saline for 7 days. The rutin-100 group received 100 mg/kg/b.w. rutin for 7 days. Mercuric chloride (HgCl2 ) group received 1.23 mg/kg...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kandemir FM,Caglayan C,Aksu EH,Yildirim S,Kucukler S,Gur C,Eser G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As physical exercise has been shown to negatively affect sperm morphology, this study was undertaken to assess the effect of a 3-min forced swimming protocol during 50 days, with and without administration of antioxidants [N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and trans-resveratrol], on sperm morphology in CD-1 mice. Forty-four 13-w...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Rodriguez I,Diaz A,Vaamonde D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternations of estramustine binding protein (EMBP) concentration in rat prostate in relation to androgen status under hypo- and hyperthyroid conditions was estimated by means of radioimmunoassay (RIA). In hyperthyroid rats, EMBP concentration in dorsal as well as in lateral prostate was not significantly changed, but...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Shiina H,Sumi H,Ishibe T,Usui T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 10 days i.m. treatment of testosterone propionate (TP) on plasma testosterone and accessory reproductive organs were studied in adult (6 to 6 1/2 kg) male rhesus monkeys, housed under natural light conditions using six different dose levels. The study was scheduled in the month of September and October. ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Mangat HK

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical and morphological examination of 50 bilateral testicular biopsies of infertile men shows the presence of immunoglobulin in 20% of the cases, suggesting that testicular immune phenomena might be implicated in the pathogenesis of infertility. Several observations make it clear that immune phenomena a...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Jadot-Van De Casseye M,De Bled G,Gepts W,Schoysman R

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether chronic stress, applied from prepuberty to early puberty, interferes with the spermatogenic and androgenic testicular functions. Male pubertal rats (40 days old) were immobilized 6 h per day for 15 days. Plasma concentrations of corticosterone, prolactin and testosterone were significantly augm...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Almeida SA,Petenusci SO,Franci JA,Rosa e Silva AA,Carvalho TL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epididymis responds to adverse conditions of misshapen spermatozoa resulting from pathological changes or toxic insults by secretion of a dense matrix that segregates the latter for complete disintegration and dissolution. The objective of this study was to find the source of this matrix and the role-player of dis...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Faisal K,Akbarsha MA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the impact of the administration of HAART and anti-Koch's, singly and in combination, on sexual competence and birth statistics. Adult male Wistar rats were randomised into distilled water-treated control, HAART-treated, anti-Koch's-treated and HAART + anti-Koch's-treated groups. The 56-day ora...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Akhigbe RE,Hamed MA,Odetayo AF

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to compare the water test and the hypoosmotic test (HOS) in the assessment of the human sperm membrane. A total of 686 semen samples from human male donors were subjected to water and HOS tests after routine semen evaluation. The mean percentage of swollen spermatozoa was 71.8 +/- 9.6% i...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Bahamondes L,Fazano F,De Lucio MA,Neves PA,Bottcher Luiz F,Lorenzetti GB

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:In order to elucidate the ultrastructural characteristics of the precursor cell of Leydig cells and its subsequent differentiation, testicular biopsies from two patients with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, obtained prior to and after treatment with HCG and HMG, were studied in comparison with those of prepubertal, pub...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Nistal M,Paniagua R

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice, chronic administration of crude marihuana extract (CME), delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabinol (CBN) (50 mg kg-1 body weight for 15 and 35 days) impaired spermatogenesis at both mitotic and meiotic stages. Although the total number of step 7 spermatids was unaltered, mature sper...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Patra PB,Wadsworth RM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male factor accounts for about 30-50% of infertility. A common cause of male infertility is drug abuse; either illicit or prolonged use of prescribed drugs. This study provides a review of the physiology of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and recent literature on drugs that have been linked to male infertility...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Ajayi AF,Akhigbe RE

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation was carried out to study the correlation of sperm quality parameters with antioxidant and oxidant status of buffalo bull semen during various stages of cryopreservation. Semen samples were evaluated for sperm parameters (mass motility [MM], concentration [CON], progressive motility [PM], viability [...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Lone SA,Prasad JK,Ghosh SK,Das GK,Balamurugan B,Verma MR

更新日期：2018-02-11 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：: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 ZP3 protein is a zona pellucida glycoprotein which plays a major role in sperm binding and induction of the acrosome reaction. ZP3 proteins occur in various mammalian zonae pellucidae; their primary structures are highly conserved as revealed by cDNA cloning. We generated antisera against synthetic peptides that a...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Hinsch E,Hinsch KD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although testosterone replacement therapy can restore serum testosterone concentrations to normal level in late-onset hypogonadism patients, whether it can improve patients' quality of life remains uncertain. Therefore, we perform a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on this issue. Five randomized controlle...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Nian Y,Ding M,Hu S,He H,Cheng S,Yi L,Li Y,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one workmen exposed to herbicide as organic mercury compounds and to pesticide as halogenic hydrocarbon has been investigated concerning their fertility. If the concentrations of organic mercury compounds increase in the air of the place of employment then the levels of this heavy metal are also higher in the u...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Donat H,Matthies J,Schwarz I

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azoospermia factor (AZF) genes on the long arm of the human Y chromosome are involved in spermatogenesis, and microdeletions in the AZF region have been recognised to be the second major genetic cause of spermatogenetic failure resulting in male infertility. While screening for these microdeletions can avoid unnecessa...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Zhu XB,Gong YH,He J,Guo AL,Zhi EL,Yao JE,Zhu BS,Zhang AJ,Li Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the serum Folic Acid (FA) levels in patients with Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and healthy controls and whether levels vary with its severity. The study was carried out on 77 sexually active individuals, out of which 41 complained of ED and 36 were apparently normal. Patients were...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Gupta A,Priyadarshi S,Vyas N,Sharma G,Swain PK

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of 5 rabbits were actively immunized with porcine relaxin or sham immunized. Serial analysis of sperm motion characteristics using the computer assisted Hamilton-Thorn Motility Analyzer over a period of 22 weeks did not reveal any significant antibody titers in serum and seminal plasma. In consideration of ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Jockenhövel F,Altensell A,Nieschlag E

更新日期：1990-03-01 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 study was aimed at determining the effects of corn and wheat gluten, used as dietary protein sources, on live weight gain, sperm quality and the histology of the testes and accessory glands in male rats. For this purpose, 20-day-old 24 male Wistar albino rats were randomly assigned to three groups. Group 1 (Contr...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Gumus R,Uslu S,Uslu BA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid composition of the sperm membrane has been shown to exert a significant effect upon the functional quality of spermatozoa. We have studied fatty acid composition of the phospholipids in spermatozoa in asthenozoospermic and normozoospermic men and determined the ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) to...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Tavilani H,Doosti M,Abdi K,Vaisiraygani A,Joshaghani HR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free seminal mRNA (cfs-mRNA) exists in the human ejaculate that is proposed as a potential noninvasive procedure to prognosis pathophysiological conditions. This study applied cfs-mRNA of ESX1, ZMYND15 and its target haploid genes (TNP1 and PRM1) to identify the presence of spermatozoa in men with azoospermia. Th...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Hashemi MS,Mozdarani H,Ghaedi K,Nasr-Esfahani MH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simultaneous swimming up and down from identical semen specimens suggested that the separation efficiency of progressively motile sperm by the swim-down method was superior to that of the swim-up method. The swimming down was performed in a small plastic funnel, the bottom of which was plugged with a 2.5 ml dispos...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kobayashi T,Kaneko S,Hara I,Aoki R,Ohno T,Nozawa S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine whether an association exists between glutathione S-transferase Mu-1 (GSTM1) gene polymorphism and idiopathic male infertility. Sixty men with primary idiopathic infertility and 60 fertile men, serving as controls, were recruited for the study. The polymorphism was analysed using p...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Roshdy OH,Hussein TM,Zakaria NH,Sabry AA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of indomethacin exhibited antigonadal action by inhibiting the Leydig cells, sex-accessories and spermatocyte-spermatid conversion process. Administration of PGE2 or PGF2 alpha had no effect on Leydig cell nuclear volume or accessory organ weights, but PGE2 had a restorative effect on the efficiency of ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Sanyal S,Patra PB,Nag S,Biswas NM

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00