Evaluation of the testis function of mice exposed in utero and during lactation to Pfaffia glomerata (Brazilian ginseng).

abstract：:The sperm function of fertile men (control), infertility patients (experimental), and men with varicocele were compared. The bioassays used were the follicular fluid-induced acrosome reaction, the binding to the zona pellucida, and the penetration of zona-free hamster oocytes. The percentage (mean +/- SEM) of reacted ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Vigil P,Wöhler C,Bustos-Obregón E,Comhaire F,Morales P

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to detect the effects of bacterial infection on human sperm nuclear protamines and DNA fragmentation. In this study, 120 semen samples were collected from unselected male partners of couples consulting for infertility in infertility and obstetrics clinic. All the samples were screened bac...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Zeyad A,Hamad MF,Hammadeh ME

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a consensus on the diagnostic management of bacterial prostatitis (acute and chronic). In chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) the diagnostic approach remains unclear, because inflammatory and noninflammatory CP/CPPS might be one entity with varying findings over time. The WHO definition...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Weidner W,Wagenlehner FM,Marconi M,Pilatz A,Pantke KH,Diemer T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a controlled double blind trial the effectiveness and tolerability of Kallikrein in patients suffering from astheno-oligozoospermia was examined in comparison to placebo. 30 patients with astheno-oligozoospermia of idiopathic origin entered the study; they were subdivided into two homogeneous groups of 15 patients ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Izzo PL,Canale D,Bianchi B,Meschini P,Esposito G,Menchini Fabris GF,Fasani R,Ohnmeiss H

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the effect of melatonin on leptin-induced changes in transition of histone to protamine in adult rats during spermatogenesis. Twelve-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomised into control, leptin-, leptin-melatonin-10-, leptin-melatonin-20- and melatonin-10-treated groups with six rats per group...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Almabhouh FA,Singh HJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cooperation in cases of childlessness between andrologists and gynecologists is an essential of any treatment. In a short communication it was shown that a special investigation form can be helpful for reciprocal information. This investigation form improves the information rate form 10% to 30%. In some cases the ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Schirren C

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high prevalence of low levels of cobalamin had been found in a survey of multi-ethnic normal individuals in Israel. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of cobalamin deficiency among Israeli couples suffering from infertility. All couples seen at the in vitro fertilization clinic at an urban ho...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Pront R,Margalioth EJ,Green R,Eldar-Geva T,Maimoni Z,Zimran A,Elstein D

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:The suggested concept of "bone as an endocrine organ" had shed the light on the role of osteocalcin, an osteoblast secreted hormone, in regulation of testosterone production. This study aimed to assess the association between the active undercarboxylated form of osteocalcin (ucOC) and semen parameters and hormonal lev...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： El-Kamshoushi AAM,Hassan EM,Hassaan PS

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The techniques of SDS-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis and a sensitive fluorescamine-based method were used to study autoproteolysis of human seminal coagulum at various pH. The major protein bands of 72 and 55 Kd were optimally degraded at pH 7.5. Degradation at pH 3.5 was preceded by a lag period of 30 min. W...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Boonsaeng V

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostate is the seat of three major causes of morbidity: benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer and prostatitis, three conditions in which inflammation has been implicated. A state of inflammation of the prostate gland, originally incited by an infection, an autoimmune response, a neurogenic stimulus or ano...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Motrich RD,Salazar FC,Breser ML,Mackern-Oberti JP,Godoy GJ,Olivera C,Paira DA,Rivero VE

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study described here was carried out to establish whether or not chloroquine was excreted in semen. Chloroquine was assayed in the semen of eight male volunteers (aged between 19 and 45 years) by a fluorimetric method before and after taking a total dose of 1.500 mg chloroquine base corresponding to the accepted d...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Adeeko AO,Dada OA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide is a drug used for chemotherapy and as an immune-suppressive in the organ transplantation. Despite its many clinical implications in the treatment of cancers, this drug has toxic effects on the reproductive system. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of ghrelin against the damages caused by cyclop...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Salimnejad R,Soleimani Rad J,Mohammad Nejad D,Roshangar L

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Studies assessing the efficacy of intralesional verapamil injection in the treatment of Peyronie's disease have yielded mixed results. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to systematise the existing literature on the efficacy of intralesional verapamil injection when used in the treatment of Peyronie's disease. The t...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Sadagopan A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate whether or not the effect of icariin on erectile function of SHR is associated with inhibition of eNOS uncoupling. Ten 12-week-old male WKY rats and 10 age-matched male SHR were evenly randomised into SHR control group, SHR+ icariin treatment group, WKY control group and WKY+ ic...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Long H,Jiang J,Xia J,Jiang R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvumDNA were investigated using real-time multiplex PCR detection kit in the urine samples of 50 patients who presented to the infertili...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Akgul A,Kadioglu A,Koksal MO,Ozmez A,Agacfidan A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of the parameters that might have an effect on the success of microscopic testicular sperm extraction (micro-TESE) in infertile patients with nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA). Between 2003 and 2014, 860 patients with NOA were retrospectively analysed. The e...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kizilkan Y,Toksoz S,Turunc T,Ozkardes H

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Nonylphenol (NP) is known as an environmental pollutant that has adverse effects on the spermatogenesis process. In this review, we focus on (1999-2020) studies on the effect of this pollutant on the sperm parameters and the male reproductive system. Spermatogenesis is a process in which male spermatogonia (primary ge...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Malmir M,Faraji T,Ghafarizadeh AA,Khodabandelo H

更新日期：2020-07-14 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：:Maturation arrest is a common cause of male infertility which has caused worldwide concern, and its pathophysiological process remains further elucidation. Our study aimed to identify genetic characteristics of maturation arrest by comparing gene expression between maturation arrest and normal samples using microarray...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Fang Y,Liu D,Yang Y,Zhang H,Wu H,Jiang H,Zhao L,Zhang Z

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to examine the effects of two-year testosterone replacement therapy on cognitive functioning, emotional state and quality of life in young and middle-aged men with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Nineteen males diagnosed with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism participated in the study. Cognitive fu...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Lašaitė L,Čeponis J,Preikša RT,Žilaitienė B

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with threatened fertility, preservation of it is a major concern. Although promising results have been obtained in animal models using testicular germ cell suspensions, in humans, it is crucial to first develop an efficient method of cryopreservation to be able to apply to transplantation. Thus, four reli...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Sá R,Cremades N,Malheiro I,Sousa M

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:We fractionated the whole human seminal plasma on DEAE Sephadex A-50 ion exchange columns. Complete separation was achieved in seven peaks using different salt concentrations in phosphate buffer pH 6. The seminal plasma proteins were separated by sodium dodecyl-sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Human semina...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Haq A,al-Tufail M,Sheth K,Abdullatif M,Hamilton C,al-Abdul Jabbar F,al-Sedairy S

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5alpha-Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the most powerful naturally occurring androgen, is commercially available since 1982 as a gel. In view of its considerably higher biopotency (three to six times) than of testosterone, side effects, particularly on the main target organ of androgens, the prostate, are anticipated. In f...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Sakhri S,Gooren LJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that alpha1-adrenergic receptor antagonists may alter seminal vesicle contractility and impair fertility in male rats. This study was designed to investigate the effects of terazosin on the catalase expression in the seminal vesicles and the lipid peroxidation of the seminal fluid in normal...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Mitropoulos D,Patris E,Deliconstantinos G,Kyroudi-Voulgari A,Anastasiou I,Perea D

更新日期：2013-04-01 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

abstract：:In 17 cases of male sterility with so-called "mixed atrophy" in testicular biopsies, the germinal epithelium was investigated by quantitative as well as by ultrastructural means. In 13 cases, the number of spermatids only was reduced, in 2 cases earlier stages of germinal cells were diminished also. Normal quantitativ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Sigg C,Hedinger C

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00