In vitro antioxidant effect of curcumin on human sperm quality in leucocytospermia.

abstract：:For the 13 abnormalities under consideration, the mean percentages were found to be the following: irregular head (15.2), microcephalic (9.8), elongated head (5.9), coiled tail (5.8), bent tail (4.7), thin head (4.6), cytoplasmic remains (3.2), macrocephalic (1.6), short tail (1.1), no tail (0.6), duplicate tail (0.5)...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Schwartz D,Mayaux MJ,Guihard-Moscato ML,Spira A,Jouannet P,Czyglik F,David G

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical review of the gonadotropin therapy in male infertility or hypofertility is presented. In the author's opinion, the poor and conflicting results so far obtained wih this kind of treatment are mainly due to inadequate selection of the patients admitted to the treatment itself. The author stresses some points ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Isidori A

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：: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：:The effect of gossypol--a polycyclic compound isolated from cotton seeds--on the plasminogen activator activity of man and ram acrosomal extracts was explored in vitro. The action of gossypol on the plasminogen activator activity was investigated by a spectrophotometric method using the chromogenic substrate S-2251. G...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Taitzoglou IA,Tsantarliotou M,Kouretas D,Kokolis NA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the Wenchuan earthquake on semen quality of adult male survivors is unclear. We investigated the semen quality included 673 male survivors from the worse-affected counties in the earthquake between Aug 2008 and July 2013. Semen parameters including pH, volume, concentration, motility and morphology we...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Chen XM,Chen SM,Yue HX,Lin L,Wu YB,Liu B,Jiang M,Ma YX

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the aetiology of obstructive azoospermia (OA) in Chinese infertility patients, 133 OA patients was included in this study diagnosed and evaluated by one major specialist trained urological infertility. We retrospected the medical records to collect relative information. All of the patients had been underwen...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Han H,Liu S,Zhou XG,Tian L,Zhang XD

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MAGI is the inflammation of the accessory male glands that notoriously exerts a negative influence on male fertility. The diagnosis is integrated by clinical, laboratory and ultrasound evaluation. In particular, the ultrasound criteria were published in 1999. The aim of this study was to analyse the sensitivity and sp...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： La Vignera S,Calogero AE,Condorelli RA,Vicari LO,Catanuso M,D'Agata R,Vicari E

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natriuretic peptide (NP) family is composed of atrial, brain and C-type NP (NPPA, NPPB and NPPC). Here, we aimed to investigate NP expression in testis and epididymis during postnatal development. NPPA expression was observed in gonocytes at prepubertal period but in only spermatocytes in pachytene and leptotene/zygot...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Özbek M,Hitit M,Öztop M,Beyaz F,Ergün E,Ergün L

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：: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：:Leydig cell function, as judged from testosterone concentrations in plasma and in testicular tissue after LH stimulation, was tested in adult rat testes 4 days after brief exposure of the scrotum to 33 degrees and 43 degrees C, respectively. There was no significant difference in basal plasma testosterone concentratio...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Damber JE,Bergh A,Janson PO

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate possible ultrasound seminal vesicle (SV) changes in infertile patients with 'hypertrophic-congestive' (HCUF) or 'fibro-sclerotic' (FSUF) ultrasound form of male accessory gland infection (MAGI) after prolonged administration of tadalafil (TAD), a selective phosphodiesterase-5 i...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： La Vignera S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pre-operative treatment of three adult male transsexuals with the anti-androgen and progestogenic compound cyproterone acetate is reported. When used in combination with cyproterone acetate, only a very small dose of oestrogen is needed to induce feminisation. The effect of this treatment on both testicular and ep...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Jequier AM,Bullimore NJ,Bishop MJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-fat diets (HFDs) are detrimental to steroidogenesis and male fertility. This study aimed to investigate the protective effects of melatonin (MT) treatment on testicular dysfunction in mice fed with HFD. C57BL/6J male mice were randomly divided into three groups: CTRL, HFD and HFD + MT. MT treatment mitigated the ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Chen C,Ling MY,Lin FH,Xu L,Lv ZM

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

abstract：:The function of the epididymis and of the sex accessory glands have been investigated in a selected group of varicocele patients with normal sperm count. In the seminal plasma of these patients free-L-carnitine, fructose and zinc levels were determined as functional markers respectively of epididymis, seminal vesicles...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Andó S,Carpino A,Buffone M,Maggiolini M,Sisci D

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors that could mediate the pathogenesis of male reproductive disorders are largely unclear. Polymorphisms of cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1), a key enzyme in the extrahepatic metabolism of lipophilic xenobiotics, have been shown to influence susceptibility to xenobiotics. Here, CYP1A1 polymorphisms were invest...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Fritsche E,Schuppe HC,Döhr O,Ruzicka T,Gleichmann E,Abel J

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penile amputation is an uncommon condition for which immediate surgical replantation is warranted. This work aimed to represent intervention and management for an amputated penis by replantation and reconstruction. A 23-year-old man presented with traumatic penile amputation for 2 h where the penile proximal part was ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Salem HK,Mostafa T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella (MMAF) is a rare disease associated with male infertility. In our previous study, we identified a homozygous CFAP43 splice-site variant, c.3661-2delA, in a patient with MMAF. However, the mutational effect of this variant was unknown. Here, using a minigene as...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Li L,Feng F,Wang Y,Guo J,Yue W

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the sperm retrieval rate by microsurgical testicular sperm extraction (TESE) in familial idiopathic nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA). One hundred and nineteen patients with idiopathic NOA who underwent microsurgical TESE over the past 5 years were included. Patients were then divid...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Arafa MM,ElBardisi HT,AlSaid SS,Majzoub A,AlMalki AH,ElRobi I,AlAnsari AA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subnormal levels of testosterone are associated with significant negative health consequences, with higher risks of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. The numbers of studies reporting on the benefits of normalisation of testosterone is increasing but longer-term data on (elderly) men receiving testosterone treatm...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Yassin AA,Nettleship J,Almehmadi Y,Salman M,Saad F

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to explore the value of two-dimensional ShearWave™ Elastography (2D-SWE) on quantitatively evaluating the change of the content of collagen fibres in penis. Twenty male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into the pre-sexual maturity group (Group 1) and the sexual decline group (Group 2) acc...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Qiao XH,Zhang JJ,Gao F,Li F,Bai M,Du LF,Xing JF

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of pirfenidone against ischaemia-reperfusion injury occurring after detorsion in rats with induced testicular torsion model. Group 1 was assigned as the control group. Group 2 first had testis torsion performed, and then, testicular detorsion was performed. Group 3 had s...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kölükçü E,Firat F,Deresoy FA,Katar M,Atılgan D

更新日期：2020-11-26 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：:Leptin is a 167-amino acid protein that stimulates gonadotrophin-releasing hormone secretion and exerts indirect effects on the gonads via neuropeptide Y, NPY. Recent research has suggested that leptin may also have an effect on testosterone secretion. To investigate the role of leptin in reproduction, leptin in testi...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Glander HJ,Lammert A,Paasch U,Glasow A,Kratzsch J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spermatological phenomenon of increased exfoliation of immature germ cells (IGC) not commonly known until now, can be defined quantitatively as a number of above 4% IGC in relation to the sperm count. The variable aspect of premature germ cells may be confusing and their degenerative alterations complicate definit...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Sigg C,Hornstein OP

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to uncover the protective effect of berberine (BBR), an antioxidant chemical, on experimental varicocele (VCL)-induced adverse effects on cell cycle machinery during early germ cells mitosis. To follow-up this study, 30 mature male Wistar rats were divided into control-sham, nontreated VCL, 5...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Amin M,Razi M,Sarrafzadeh-Rezaei F,Shalizar Jalali A,Najafi G

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of a recently developed apparatus ("Separon") motile spermatozoa were concentrated in a small volume of culture medium (0,3 ml). Sperm concentration, progressive motility and mean velocity of 60 ejaculates were determined by a computerized videomicrography system. After "Separon" sperm concentration was reduc...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Wölbling RH,Pemper B,Möslein S,Milbradt R,Taubert HD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00