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 …

The Drosophila seminal proteome and its role in postcopulatory sexual selection

S Wigby, NC Brown, SE Allen… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Postcopulatory sexual selection (PCSS), comprised of sperm competition and cryptic female
choice, has emerged as a widespread evolutionary force among polyandrous animals …

Exosome composition and seminal plasma proteome: A promising source of biomarkers of male infertility

L Candenas, R Chianese - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infertility has become a global health issue, with approximately 50% of infertility cases
generated by disorders in male reproduction. Spermatozoa are conveyed towards female …

Semen proteomics and male infertility

M Jodar, A Soler-Ventura, R Oliva… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Semen is a complex body fluid containing an admixture of spermatozoa suspended in
secretions from the testes and epididymis which are mixed at the time of ejaculation with …

Comprehensive proteomics analysis of exosomes derived from human seminal plasma

C Yang, W Guo, W Zhang, J Bian, J Yang, Q Zhou… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Exosomes are membranous nanovesicles of endocytic origin that carry and transfer
regulatory bioactive molecules and mediate intercellular communication between cells and …

Protein signatures of seminal plasma from bulls with contrasting frozen-thawed sperm viability

FP Gomes, R Park, AG Viana, C Fernandez-Costa… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The present study investigated the seminal plasma proteome of Holstein bulls with low (LF;
n= 6) and high (HF; n= 8) sperm freezability. The percentage of viable frozen-thawed sperm …

Seminal plasma proteomes and sperm fertility

X Druart, S de Graaf - Animal reproduction science, 2018 - Elsevier
During ejaculation, the spermatozoa are transported by the seminal plasma, a fluid resulting
from secretions originating mainly from the prostate and the seminal vesicles in mammals …

HLA Class Ib-receptor interactions during embryo implantation and early pregnancy

LL Nilsson, TVF Hviid - Human Reproduction Update, 2022 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Although the immune system intuitively must have an important role in
embryo implantation and in the achievement of a pregnancy, the molecular details have for …

Applications of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in clinical proteomics

V Greco, C Piras, L Pieroni, M Ronci… - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The development of precision medicine requires advanced technologies to
address the multifactorial disease stratification and to support personalized treatments …

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 …