Male soy food intake was not associated with in vitro fertilization outcomes among couples attending a fertility center.

abstract：:Prevalence and risk factors of concomitant primary low sexual desire/interest (LSD/I) and subsequent new-onset erectile dysfunction (ED) in men have been only partially investigated. We looked at the sociodemographic and clinical predictors of the concomitant condition of primary LSD/I - defined as the reduction in th...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Salonia A,Clementi MC,Ventimiglia E,Colicchia M,Capogrosso P,Castiglione F,Castagna G,Boeri L,Suardi N,Cantiello F,Damiano R,Montorsi F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic and protein-coding transcriptomic data have suggested that germ cell tumours (GCTs) of childhood are biologically distinct from those of adulthood. Global messenger RNA profiles segregate malignant GCTs primarily by histology, but then also by age, with numerous transcripts showing age-related differential exp...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Murray MJ,Nicholson JC,Coleman N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe peripheral angiopathy in patients with diabetes is a major contributing factor for low response rate to phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors. OBJECTIVES:To examine whether and how Dickkopf3 (DKK3), a secreted modulator of the Wnt pathway that known to be involved in endothelial cell repair and vascular pro...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Song KM,Kim WJ,Choi MJ,Limanjaya A,Ghatak K,Minh NN,Ock J,Yin GN,Hong SS,Suh JK,Ryu JK

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cryptorchid boys, failures in germ cell development have been clearly established. Some studies reported some abnormalities in Sertoli cells morphology but the results regarding their endocrine secretion remain controversial. To compare testicular hormone levels in young boys with and without cryptorchidism, we per...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Hamdi SM,Almont T,Galinier P,Mieusset R,Thonneau P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of severe asthenozoospermia in men with spinal cord injury includes an adverse impact of seminal plasma (SP) on sperm motility. In this study we investigated the effect exerted by SP from men with SCI on donor sperm mitochondrial activity and its reflection on motility. Donor spermatozoa were exposed (1 ...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Barbonetti A,Vassallo MR,Di Rosa A,Leombruni Y,Felzani G,Gandini L,Lenzi A,Necozione S,Francavilla S,Francavilla F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a common pathogen in epididymitis, which represents a prevalent entity in male reproductive tract infections (RTI). Although current treatment regimens using antibiotics are satisfactory, development of antimicrobial resistance by the pathogen represents a challenge in the management of R...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Biswas B,Bhushan S,Rajesh A,Suraj SK,Lu Y,Meinhardt A,Yenugu S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low testosterone levels in aging men are associated with insulin resistance. Mitochondrial dysfunction, changes in glycogen metabolism, and lipid accumulation are linked to insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. In this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study, we investigated the effects of six-month test...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Jensen RC,Christensen LL,Nielsen J,Schrøder HD,Kvorning T,Gejl K,Højlund K,Glintborg D,Andersen M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence disclosed the existence of a novel multi-organ endocrine pathway, involving bone, pancreas and testis, of high penetrance in energy metabolism and male fertility. The main mediator of this axis is undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC), a bone-derived protein-exerting systemic effects on tissues expr...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： De Toni L,Di Nisio A,Rocca MS,De Rocco Ponce M,Ferlin A,Foresta C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between alcohol intake and male reproductive function is still controversial. In the frame of a prospective cohort study, designed to investigate the relation between life style and fertility, we performed a cross-sectional analysis of semen quality. METHODS:Men of subfertile couples, referr...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Ricci E,Noli S,Ferrari S,La Vecchia I,Cipriani S,De Cosmi V,Somigliana E,Parazzini F

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile Dysfunction is considered a multifactorial disease, where organic and psychological aspects are often interconnected. In a randomized controlled pilot study, we compared the efficacy of combined vardenafil orodispersible tablet (VARD) and cognitive-behavioral sex therapy (CBST) vs. VARD alone in improving sex...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Boddi V,Castellini G,Casale H,Rastrelli G,Boni L,Corona G,Maggi M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urethral stricture disease, pelvic fracture urethral injury (PFUI), and their various treatment options are associated with erectile dysfunction (ED). The etiology of urethral stricture disease is multifactorial and includes trauma, inflammatory, and iatrogenic causes. Posterior urethral injuries are commonly associat...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Sangkum P,Levy J,Yafi FA,Hellstrom WJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain dysfunction in erectile dysfunction (ED) has been identified by multiple neuroimaging studies. A recent MRI study indicated grey matter alterations in ED patients. This study aims to investigate the microstructural changes of cerebral white matter (WM) in psychological ED patients and their possible correlations...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Zhang P,Liu J,Li G,Pan J,Li Z,Liu Q,Qin W,Dong M,Sun J,Huang X,Wu T,Chang D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To add new arguments concerning the origin of the sperm-head vacuoles observed under high magnification with interference contrast microscopy, we carried out in two patients with total globozoospermia confirmed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), a detailed sperm morphometric analysis with high magnification...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Gatimel N,Léandri RD,Foliguet B,Bujan L,Parinaud J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free seminal RNA (cfs-RNA) is mixed transcripts derived from male reproductive organs, and is potential biomarker for the research and diagnosis of male reproductive-related diseases. However, some clinical factors, including age, asymptomatic Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) infection, scrotal heat stress, abstinence...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Dong TT,Yu Q,Qing XR,Ma XL,Dong WW,Shi J,Li HG

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used in food contact materials, toys, and other products. Several studies have indicated that effects observed at doses near human exposure levels may not be observed at higher doses. Many studies have shown effects on mammary glands at low doses of BPA, however, because of small number of ...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Mandrup K,Boberg J,Isling LK,Christiansen S,Hass U

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus is one of the risk factors for male subfertility/infertility. Malaysian propolis is reported to decrease hyperglycaemia in diabetic state. OBJECTIVES:The present study investigated the protective effect of Malaysian propolis on diabetes-induced subfertility/infertility. Additionally, its c...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Nna VU,Bakar ABA,Ahmad A,Umar UZ,Suleiman JB,Zakaria Z,Othman ZA,Mohamed M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semen analysis is commonly used as a tool to assess the fertility potential of a male, despite its relatively low predictive power. In this study, we have assessed associations between semen analysis findings (low count, low motility, low viability, poor sperm penetration assay results, poor morphology, and increased ...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Jenkins TG,Aston KI,Hotaling JM,Shamsi MB,Simon L,Carrell DT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is strongly associated with abnormalities in histone-to-protamine transition and with alteration of protamine expression in human spermatozoa. A proper protamine to histone ratio is, however, essential for sperm chromatin maturity and DNA integrity. Alterations in these sperm nuclear proteins were observed in ...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Hamad MF,Shelko N,Kartarius S,Montenarh M,Hammadeh ME

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 40% of middle-aged men exhibit symptoms of late-onset hypogonadism (LOH). However, the mechanism of androgen deficiency is still currently unclear. As shown in our previous studies, the SET protein is expressed in testicular Leydig cells and ovarian granule cells. This study was designed to investigate t...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Zhang B,Ma W,Zhu Q,Xu W,Gao L,Xu B,Xu S,Gao C,Gao L,Liu J,Cui Y

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of equilibration times (E1, 2 h; E2, 4 h; E3, 6 h), freezing rates (FR1, manual, 5 cm above liquid nitrogen (LN2 ) for 10 min, plunging in LN2 ; FR2, programmable ultra-fast, holding at +4 °C for 2 min, from 4 to -10 °C at -10 °C/min, from -10 to -20 °C at -15 °C/min, from -20 to -120 °C at -60 °C/min, hol...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Shah SA,Andrabi SM,Qureshi IZ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing literature suggests evidence that protamine deficiency is related to DNA damage and male fertility. In this meta-analysis, we analyzed the relationship between the ratio of protamine-1 and protamine-2 with male fertility and the association of protamine deficiency with sperm DNA damage. Quality of available c...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Ni K,Spiess AN,Schuppe HC,Steger K

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology, ultrastructure, and functions of mature avian spermatozoa have been of immense commercial and scientific interest for several reasons. This is mainly important in case of birds in poultry production, conservation, and in the use of sperm morphometry as phylogenetic evidence. Avian spermatozoa share com...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Majhi RK,Kumar A,Yadav M,Kumar P,Maity A,Giri SC,Goswami C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a Bayesian network (BN) has been built for the study of the objective motility of Tinca tinca spermatozoa (spz). Semen from eight 2-year-old sexually mature male tenchs was obtained and motility analyses were performed at 6-17, 23-34 and 40-51 s after activation, using computer-assisted sperm analysis (C...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Gil Anaya MC,Calle F,Pérez CJ,Martín-Hidalgo D,Fallola C,Bragado MJ,García-Marín LJ,Oropesa AL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) are highly sensitive to platinum-based chemotherapy, and wild-type p53 seems to play a pivotal role in this susceptibility. On the other hand, overexpression of MDM2 seems to entail treatment resistance and unfavorable prognosis. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to describe p53 and MD...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Lobo J,Alzamora MA,Guimarães R,Cantante M,Lopes P,Braga I,Maurício J,Jerónimo C,Henrique R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrotal skin is thin and has high steroid permeability, but the pharmacokinetics of testosterone via the scrotal skin route has not been studied in detail. The aim of this study was to define the pharmacokinetics of testosterone delivered via the scrotal skin route. The study was a single-center, three-phase cross-ove...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Iyer R,Mok SF,Savkovic S,Turner L,Fraser G,Desai R,Jayadev V,Conway AJ,Handelsman DJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to examine the effects of pre-operative blood values on varicocelectomy success. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 130 patients who underwent varicocelectomy in our clinic were retrospectively analyzed. Operation success was defined as the return of all semen parameters (concentration, progressive m...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Erdogan O,Ok F,Carkci S

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pubertal gynecomastia is a common condition observed in up to 65% of adolescent males. It is usually idiopathic and tends to regress within 1-2 years. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, we investigated 25 adolescent males with prominent (>B3) and/or persistent (>2 years) pubertal gynecomastia (P/PPG) to determ...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Paris F,Gaspari L,Mbou F,Philibert P,Audran F,Morel Y,Biason-Lauber A,Sultan C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peyronie's disease (PD) is an under-diagnosed condition with prevalence in the male population as high as 9%. It is a localized connective tissue disorder of the penis characterized by scarring of the tunica albuginea. Its pathophysiology, however, remains incompletely elucidated. For the management of the acute phase...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Yafi FA,Pinsky MR,Sangkum P,Hellstrom WJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maximum urinary flow rate (Qmax) is usually increased after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP). However, improvements vary between patients and results regarding potential predictors of Qmax after HoLEP are inconsistent. Thus, we investigated pre-operative variables including second to fourth ...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Park IN,Kim TB

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular germ cell tumours (TGCT) typically contain high numbers of infiltrating immune cells, yet the functional nature and consequences of interactions between GCNIS (germ cell neoplasia in situ) or seminoma cells and immune cells remain unknown. A co-culture model using the seminoma-derived TCam-2 cell line and p...

journal_title：Andrology

authors： Klein B,Schuppe HC,Bergmann M,Hedger MP,Loveland BE,Loveland KL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00