SARS-CoV-2, fertility and assisted reproduction

B Ata, N Vermeulen, E Mocanu… - Human …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract BACKGROUND In 2020, SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic had a huge
impact on the access to and provision of ART treatments. Gradually, knowledge of the virus …

Andrological effects of SARS-Cov-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Corona, W Vena, A Pizzocaro, F Pallotti… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The short-and long-term andrological effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) have not been clarified. Our aim is to evaluate the available evidence regarding possible …

Sex hormones in SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility: key players or confounders?

N Lott, CE Gebhard, S Bengs, A Haider… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has a clear sex
disparity in clinical outcomes. Hence, the interaction between sex hormones, virus entry …

Associations between COVID-19 infection and sex steroid hormones

Z Cai, J Zhong, Y Jiang, J Zhang - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aims Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by infection with severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and within a few months of the first …

Association between sex hormone levels and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 admitted to hospital: an observational, retrospective, cohort study

A Beltrame, P Salguero, E Rossi, A Conesa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the cause of sex disparities in COVID-19 outcomes is a major challenge. We
investigate sex hormone levels and their association with outcomes in COVID-19 patients …

Amino acid catabolite markers for early prognostication of pneumonia in patients with COVID-19

R Maeda, N Seki, Y Uwamino, M Wakui… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Effective early-stage markers for predicting which patients are at risk of developing SARS-
CoV-2 infection have not been fully investigated. Here, we performed comprehensive serum …

The COVID-19 pandemic—what have urologists learned?

B Ebner, Y Volz, JN Mumm, CG Stief… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
On 11 March 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak a
pandemic and COVID-19 emerged as one of the biggest challenges in public health and …

Pathogenic connections in post-COVID conditions: What do we know in the large unknown? A narrative review

CS Stafie, SM Solomon, IG Sufaru, M Manaila, II Stafie… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease has long-term effects, known as post-COVID
conditions (PCC) or long-COVID. Post-COVID-19 syndrome is defined by signs and …

COVID-19 and Male Infertility: Is There a Role for Antioxidants?

T Kalfas, A Kaltsas, EN Symeonidis, A Symeonidis… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), jeopardizes male fertility because of the vulnerability of the …

Higher premorbid serum testosterone predicts COVID-19-related mortality risk in men

BB Yeap, RJ Marriott, L Manning… - European Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective Men are at greater risk from COVID-19 than women. Older, overweight men, and
those with type 2 diabetes, have lower testosterone concentrations and poorer COVID-19 …