Testosterone, FSH and LH in human spermatic and cubital venous plasma in varicocele patients.

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：:Epidermal growth factor concentrations and amounts per ejaculate were determined in 162 infertile men and in a control group of 50 pregnancy-proven fertile men. No differences were found between those groups. The group of infertile patients was divided into sub-groups according to their sperm density. EGF values in th...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Delgado SR,Ramirez K,Mallea E

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies were used in indirect immunofluorescence microscopy to localize vimentin intermediate filaments in the rat seminiferous epithelium. During stages XII-V of the epithelial cycle, the Sertoli cells showed a reaction in the perinuclear area and vimentin-positive extensions, projecting ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Mali P,Virtanen I,Parvinen M

更新日期：1987-11-01 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 role of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptors in the control of FSH and LH secretion was analysed in prepubertal male rats. In the first experiment 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 30-day-old males were decapitated 15 min after vehicle, NMDA or kainic acid (KA) administration. In the second experiment, 23-day-old...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Aguilar E,Tena-Sempere M,Gonzalez D,Pinilla L

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：:Azoospermia factor (AZF) genes are involved in spermatogenesis. Deletions in the region of these genes have been recognised as a major genetic cause of infertility due to defects in spermatogenesis. Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the other main cause of male infertility. This study was performed to establish a novel met...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Bahrami Zadegan S,Dabbagh Bagheri S,Joudaki A,Samiee Aref MH,Saeidian AH,Abiri M,Zeinali S

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The reference values of human semen, published in the WHO's latest edition in 2010, were lower than those previously reported. The objective of this study was to evaluate reference values of standard semen parameters in fertile Egyptian men. This cross-sectional study included 240 fertile men. Men were considered fert...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Zedan H,Ismail S,Gomaa A,Saleh R,Henkel R,Agarwal A

更新日期：2018-01-15 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：:Steroid hormone progesterone has been found to play an important role in the migration of spermatozoa through the reproductive tract, as well as to induce hyperactive motility and increase sperm velocity. The aim of this study was to examine whether progesterone could induce beneficial effects in vitrified and slow-fr...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Saymé N,Dite L,Krebs T,Kljajić M,Maas DHA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on cytological criteria, three types of A-Spermatogonia may be distinguished in the germinal epithelium of normal men. Cells belonging to Type I conform to A pale spermatogonia and those classified as Type II conform to A dark-spermatogonia according to Clermont ()963). Type III-spermatogonia do not meet the cri...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Schulze W

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular tissue and sex hormones are sensitive to the anabolic steroids (oxymetholone/OM) due to increased free radical damage and hormonal changes. The Nasturtium officinale L. have various antioxidant compounds. The aim of the present study was to investigate N. officinale effect on OM-induced oxidative injury in ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Akbari Bazm M,Khazaei M,Khazaei F,Naseri L

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Next to clinical investigations, the evaluation of male fertility relies mainly on detailed sperm analyses, for example, cell counting, motility, cell morphology and vitality testing. The manual creation of a spermiogram is time- and material-consuming. Therefore, reliable high-throughput systems that may be substitut...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Engel KM,Grunewald S,Schiller J,Paasch U

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to establish the Estonian version of the National Institutes of Health chronic prostatitis symptom index (NIH-CPSI), and to examine its validity and applicability in chronic prostatitis patients as well as in community-based study. The questionnaire was tested in 54 category III prostatitis patients. In ad...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Korrovits P,Punab M,Mehik A,Mändar R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma seminoprotein (G-SM) levels in seminal plasma were determinated in 62 ejaculates using an enzymimmunoassay. There was no statistical significant difference in G-SM between men with normozoospermia (n = 14), asthenozoospermia (n = 17), OAT-syndrome (n = 18) and azoospermia (n = 13). Also there was no correlation ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Maier U,Simak R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human spermatozoa were incubated with gossypol acetic acid (100 micrograms/1 X 10(6) spermatozoa/ml) at 37 degrees C for 30 min. The drug treatment inhibited the spermatozoal motility significantly. Washing of the spermatozoa, after gossypol treatment, did not effect their motility. A partial revival in the motility o...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Kalla NR,Gadru N,Foo TW

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of azoospermia especially after vasectomy the investigation of the seminal sediment investigation is necessary. Exclusive on this way it is possible to find some side dispersed spermatozoa. The described case deals with a pregnancy about 48 days following vasectomy. Postoperative the sperm sediment investigat...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Schirren C

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have confirmed that spermatogenesis in homozygous Immp2l mutant male mice was normal at the age of 6 months, but was significantly abnormal at the age of 13 months. Meanwhile, oxidative stress is reported to be involved in spermatogenic impairment in old mutant mice. However, it is unclear whether ant...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Jiang Y,Liu C,Lei B,Xu X,Lu B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-chloramphenicol, at concentrations of 20 and 40 micrograms/ml, inhibited over 80% of the newly synthesized mitochondrial proteins expressed by incorporation of 3H-amino acid mixture. At concentrations of 20 and 40 micrograms ml-1, D-chloramphenicol enhanced the collective motility of washed ram spermatozoa. The coll...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Twaina-Bechor E,Bartoov B

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells (CCSMCs) are important functional cells for penile erection. We evaluated the effect of transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on the viability and apoptosis of CCSMCs in vitro. CCSMCs from healthy male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided in...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Liu T,Peng YF,Jia C,Yang BH,Tao X,Fang X,Zhong W

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex hormones have been proposed as a possible risk factor for the development and growth of meningiomas. Hormonal therapy plays a fundamental role in the treatment of male-to-female transgenders and needs to be continued after sex reassignment surgery. Usually, this treatment leads to no adverse events; however, its i...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Ter Wengel PV,Martin E,Gooren L,Den Heijer M,Peerdeman SM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oestrogen biosynthesis in ejaculated spermatozoa is an autonomous process, which may influence sperm functions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the expression of aromatase, sperm quality and seminal neutral α-glucosidase marker in semen of Tunisian infertile men: asthenozoospermia (A...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Said L,Saad A,Carreau S

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:We aimed to determine the protective effects of thymoquinone (TQ), against ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in the testis tissue of rats. Twenty-seven male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into three equal groups as follows: Group I, sham group; Group II, torsion group; and Group III, torsion + thymoquinone ...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Ayan M,Tas U,Sogut E,Caylı S,Kaya H,Esen M,Erdemir F,Uysal M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retraction: 'Aetiology and clinical profile of children with 46, XY differences of sex development at an Indian referral centre' by Vasundhera Chauhan, Rima Dada, Vandana Jain The above article, published online on 8 August 2016 in Wiley Online Library (http://wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement b...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Chauhan V,Dada R,Jain V

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Previous studies showed that exposure to stress or nicotine induced reproductive impairment in male rats. Here, we assessed the effect of an antioxidant (vitamin E) on nicotine-, stress- and nicotine + stress-induced reproductive impairment in male rats. Forty-eight male albino Wistar rats were divided into eight grou...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Bisong SA,Ukoh IE,Nna VU,Ebong PE

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various nuclear sperm alterations are reported in patients with syndromic teratozoospermia; however, this has not been clearly identified yet in total polymorphic teratozoospermia. The aim of this study was to analyse sperm aneuploidy, DNA integrity and chromatin packaging in 45 infertile patients with total polymorph...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Braham A,Ghedir H,Zidi I,Sallem A,Hajlaoui A,Ajina M,Saad A,Ibala-Romdhane S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin-9 (AQP-9) regulates tissue hydration by promoting transmembrane exchanges of both water and solutes, such as lactate. The latter is a key metabolite of primary spermatocytes and of maturing haploid germ cells (h-GCs). The present investigation was aimed at immunolocalising human AQP-9 in both normal and vari...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Arena S,Arena F,Maisano D,Di Benedetto V,Romeo C,Nicòtina PA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa was induced by changes of temperature. Spermatozoa were collected from fertile donors and a patient group, and selected by the "swim-up" method. The spermatozoa were treated in two different ways: Protocol I: 24 hours at room temperature followed by additional incubation at 3...

journal_title：Andrologia

authors： Sanchez R,Toepfer-Petersen E,Aitken RJ,Schill WB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00