[Change in sodium and potassium concentration in human seminal plasma infected experimentally with Ureaplasma urealyticum].

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：: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：: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：:Autophagy is a pro-survival mechanism involving lysosomal degradation of damaged cellular components following multiple forms of cellular stress. There is currently a lack of literature on the mechanism, and specifically on mitophagy (selective autophagy of damaged pro-apoptotic mitochondria) in Sertoli cells (SCs). A...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Eid N,Kondo Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (IHH) induced a decrease in sperm count and oxidative damage in epididymis. We have previously demonstrated that a blueberry-enriched polyphenol extract (BB-4) reduced the adverse effects of oxidative stress in rat testis under hypobaric hypoxia. The aim of this study was to evaluate whe...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Zepeda AB,Calaf GM,Figueroa CA,Farías JG

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm investigations of 35 epileptics being treated with hydantoin for a period of more than three years have shown that by a large dispersion of evaluations only 52% of the sperm cells were intact (teratozoospermia; compared with a normal limit of 60% p = 5%, of 70% p = 1%). The mobility of the sperm cells was 49% (a...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Schramm P,Seyfeddinipur N

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new electronic spermcounter was developed to make andrological routine work easier. The apparatus is a complete microcomputer and has three main functions: The counter function allows to determine the number of spermatozoa and round cells at the same time. The morphological function allows the detailed morphologic...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Pusch H,Wiesspeiner G,Hausl A

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men with Down syndrome are considered as infertile although the causes of infertility are not known in detail yet. Although this constitutes a general rule there are three confirmed cases of parenting by fathers with Down syndrome. Many investigators have addressed the causes of infertility and their studies indicate ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Stefanidis K,Belitsos P,Fotinos A,Makris N,Loutradis D,Antsaklis A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic androgen mibolerone elicits a set of distinct changes in the behaviour of an androgen responsive human prostatic carcinoma cell line (LNCaP). Inhibition of cell proliferation, induction of morphological change and of a prostate specific mRNA, and inhibition of colony formation in soft agar are induced by...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Schulz P,Wolf D,Arbusow V,Bojar H,Klobeck HG,Fittler F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Aurora kinases regulate chromosome segregation and cytokinesis, and alterations in their expression associate with cell malignant transformation. In this study, we demonstrated by qRT-PCR analysis of 14 seminomas that Aurora-A mRNA was, with respect to control tissues, augmented in five of 14 tumour tissues by 2.1...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Baldini E,Arlot-Bonnemains Y,Mottolese M,Sentinelli S,Antoniani B,Sorrenti S,Salducci M,Comini E,Ulisse S,D'Armiento M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this randomized prospective study, we determined the conception rate following intra-uterine insemination with washed and prepared sperm, or with the first portion of a split ejaculate, in couples with longstanding male (n = 27, 70 treatment cycles) or cervical infertility (n = 14, 29 treatment cycles). Folliculoge...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Goldenberg M,Rabinovici J,Bider D,Lunenfeld B,Blankstein J,Weissenberg R

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Lepidium meyenii (maca) in chemically and physically subfertile mice. After 35 days, the following groups of mice were evaluated: control, sham, chemical subfertility, chemical subfertility-maca-supplemented, physical subfertility, physical subfertility-maca-suppleme...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Valdivia Cuya M,Yarasca De La Vega K,Lévano Sánchez G,Vásquez Cavero J,Temoche García H,Torres Torres L,Cruz Ornetta V

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to comprise the effect of catalase on sperm parameters and chromatin in normospermic persons. Semen samples were obtained from fertile men. A certain amount of different concentrations of catalase (0.1, 1, 10, 50, 100, 150 and 200 IU.ml) was added to each vial containing semen. Control group ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Mohammadzadeh M,Ramazani V,Khalili MA,Hamishekar H,Dehghan Marvast L,Talebi AR,Zare-Zardini H,Ghasemi S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male rats ten days of age were divided in three groups: a) hemicastrated, b) sham operated and c) control. They were daily sacrificed between 30 and 50 days of age. Wet weight and dry weight were determined in testis, seminal vesicles and epididymis. The concentration of spermatozoa was measured in testis and caput ep...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Santolaya RC,Burgos MH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men with hypertension often develop erectile dysfunction (ED). The present study aimed to examine the effects of sodium hydrosulphide (NaHS), a hydrogen (H2 S) donor, treatment on ED in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor (L-NAME)-induced hypertensive rats. Forty adult Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four grou...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Yilmaz E,Kaya-Sezginer E,Yilmaz-Oral D,Cengiz T,Bayatli N,Gur S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several substances can interfere with microtubular function eg. colchicine. Melatonin, a hormone secreted by the pineal gland has similar effects as colchicine on microtubules. In this study melatonin levels were determined in both plasma and seminal plasma of patients with good or impaired motility and forward progre...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Bornman MS,Oosthuizen JM,Barnard HC,Schulenburg GW,Boomker D,Reif S

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence is indicating the importance of hundreds of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the occurrence and progression of different malignancies such as prostate cancer (PCa). This study investigated the possible role of HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA myeloid-specific 1 (HOTAIRM1) in the progression of...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Wang L,Wang L,Wang Q,Yosefi B,Wei S,Wang X,Shen D

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), the key enzyme of the folate metabolic pathway, has been reported to be five times more active in the testicles compared to other organs in adult mice. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between MTHFR c.677C>T and c.1298A>C polymorphisms and infertili...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Gurkan H,Tozkır H,Göncü E,Ulusal S,Yazar M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the opioid control on LH and FSH secretion in Klinefelter subjects (KS), the response of gonadotropin to an opioid antagonist, naloxone, was examined in 8 KS (age range 25-35 yrs) and in 8 age matched normal men. In 6 KS with low testosterone plasma levels, naloxone infusion were also performed after treatmen...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Foresta C,Menchini Fabris GF,Mioni R,Sicolo N,Scandellari C

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic assessment of sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) has shown to give fuller understanding of stallion semen quality; however, there have been limited attempts to use this parameter to investigate seasonal changes in productive functions. The aims of this study were to: (a) establish a reliable mathematical model to d...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Ortiz I,Quiñones-Pérez C,Hidalgo M,Consuegra C,Diaz-Jimenez M,Dorado J,Vega-Pla JL,Crespo F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate seasonal changes in basic parameters of sperm quality and freezability behaviour of ejaculates from 10 fertile heavy draft stallions. A total of 140 ejaculates were collected, processed and evaluated during both the breeding (September-November) and non-breeding seasons (April-Jun...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Ebel F,Vallejos A,Gajardo G,Ulloa O,Clavel E,Rodríguez-Gil JE,Ramírez-Reveco A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychological stress is a known aetiology of infertility. However, the mechanisms translating it to reproductive dysfunction are not fully elucidated. Three experiments were performed on Wistar rats were designed to evaluate Sertoli cell function under stress. In Experiment I, rats were randomised into three groups: s...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Medubi LJ,Akinola OB,Oyewopo AO

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear mucus penetration of spermatozoa from 75 arbitrary selected men was evaluated using a non-commercial bovine cervix mucus preparation in the same way as Penetrak, but using round glass capillary tubes instead of flat plastic tubes. The mean penetration value was 28.7 +/- 7.10 mm in 90 min and the mean sperm dens...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Engel S,Schachschal G,Petzoldt R

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The routine spermiogram parameters of 3432 patients born between 1952 and 1971 in the region of Leipzig were determined between January 1975 and March 2000. The patient group aged 24-35 years was characterized by low mobility and relocation living in the main centre of chemical industry with enormous environmental pol...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Paasch U,Thieme C,Glander HJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adult human Sertoli cells produced lactate, estradiol-17beta, transferrin and inhibin; germ cells modulate synthesis of these compounds. In order to study the functional features of human Sertoli cells in vitro, the aim of this study was to measure the lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Carreau S,Drosdowsky MA,Foucault P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have revealed a high prevalence of leukocytospermia (> 1 x 10(6) white blood cells ml-1 semen) in male infertility patients in the USA and certain European countries, and have implicated white blood cells as a cause of infertility. Since leukocytospermia may often be attributed to male genital-tract inf...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Wang AW,Politch J,Anderson D

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonorganic erectile dysfunction is a problem with unknown central mechanisms. Changes in brain activity in the amygdala have been observed in human patients. This study aimed to investigate the dopamine system in the basolateral amygdala of male rats with nonorganic erectile dysfunction. We applied chronic mild stress...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Chen G,Chen J,Yang B,Yu W,Chen Y,Dai Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that high oxidative stress levels are associated with varicocele. The GST (glutathione S-transferase) family of genes is critical in the protection of cells from oxidative stress because they utilise as substrates a wide variety of products of oxidative stress. The objective of this study wa...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Acar H,Kılınç M,Guven S,Inan Z

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a multifactorial problem affecting men of all ages and demographics. Currently, there is a relative dearth of epidemiological information on CPPS. It is clear that patients with CPPS have a dismal quality of life and many have benefited only minimally from ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Schaeffer AJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 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