The role of the prostate in male fertility, health and disease

P Verze, T Cai, S Lorenzetti - Nature Reviews Urology, 2016 - nature.com
Ejaculation is a synchronized cascade of events that has the ultimate goal of activating
sperm and enabling them to reach an egg for fertilization. The seminal plasma contains a …

Implications of prostate inflammation on male fertility

RD Motrich, FC Salazar, ML Breser… - Andrologia, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Control of prostate growth

DS Coffey, JT Isaacs - Urology, 1981 - pure.johnshopkins.edu
The prostate represents one of the largest glands in the human body with unknown
physiologic function. Granted the prostate supplies a large number of biologic components …

Prostate gland: structure, functions and regulation

VL Kumar, PK Majumder - International urology and nephrology, 1995 - Springer
The prostate gland plays an important role in male reproduction. It secretes enzymes, lipids,
amines and metal ions essential for the normal function of spermatozoa. Development …

Testosterone and benign prostatic hyperplasia

G Rastrelli, L Vignozzi, G Corona… - Sexual medicine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)
are frequent in aging. Nonetheless, their pathogenesis is largely unknown. The androgen …

[HTML][HTML] Physiology, male reproductive system

P Gurung, E Yetiskul, I Jialal - StatPearls [Internet], 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The male reproductive system consists of the internal structures: the testes, epididymis, vas
deferens, prostate, and the external structures: the scrotum and penis. These structures are …

Chronic prostatitis and its detrimental impact on sperm parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RA Condorelli, GI Russo, AE Calogero… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Prostatitis is a very common urogenital disease of the male with prevalence
ranging from 2.2 to 9.7% worldwide. Interestingly, some recent evidences have showed a …

Prostatitis and male infertility

S Alshahrani, J McGill, A Agarwal - Journal of reproductive immunology, 2013 - Elsevier
The prostate gland plays an important role in male reproduction. Inflammation of the prostate
gland (prostatitis) is a common health problem affecting many young and middle aged men …

Non-classical actions of testosterone and spermatogenesis

WH Walker - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Testosterone is essential to maintain spermatogenesis and male fertility. In the absence of
testosterone stimulation, spermatogenesis does not proceed beyond the meiosis stage. After …

Testosterone and erectile function: from basic research to a new clinical paradigm for managing men with androgen insufficiency and erectile dysfunction

AM Traish, I Goldstein, NN Kim - European urology, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Androgens are essential for the development and growth of the penis, and
they regulate erectile physiology by multiple mechanisms. Our goal is to provide a concise …