Environmental contaminants and male infertility: Effects and mechanisms

V Selvaraju, S Baskaran, A Agarwal, R Henkel - Andrologia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The escalating prevalence of male infertility and decreasing trend in sperm quality have
been correlated with rapid industrialisation and the associated discharge of an excess of …

[HTML][HTML] A vision for safer food contact materials: Public health concerns as drivers for improved testing

J Muncke, AM Andersson, T Backhaus… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food contact materials (FCMs) and food contact articles are ubiquitous in today's globalized
food system. Chemicals migrate from FCMs into foodstuffs, so called food contact chemicals …

Application of miRNAs in the diagnosis and monitoring of testicular germ cell tumours

K Almstrup, J Lobo, N Mørup, G Belge… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Testicular germ cell tumours (TGCTs) are the most frequent cancer type in young men and
originate from the common precursor germ cell neoplasia in situ (GCNIS). For decades …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental toxicants and male fertility

W Rodprasert, J Toppari, HE Virtanen - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Semen quality has declined especially among Western men. Experimental and
epidemiological studies have shown potential links between exposure to environmental …

[HTML][HTML] The ovarian-related effects of polystyrene nanoplastics on human ovarian granulosa cells and female mice

L Zeng, C Zhou, W Xu, Y Huang, W Wang, Z Ma… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) have recently emerged in the context of global plastic pollution. They
may be more toxic than macroplastics litter and microplastic fragments due to its …

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on semen quality, reproductive hormones, and live birth rate: a randomized clinical trial

M Blomberg Jensen, JG Lawaetz… - The Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Context Results of animal models and cross-sectional cohort studies have suggested a
beneficial role for vitamin D in male reproduction. Objective Determine the effect of vitamin D …

[HTML][HTML] Presence of parabens, phenols and phthalates in paired maternal serum, urine and amniotic fluid

EV Bräuner, CS Uldbjerg, YH Lim, LS Gregersen… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To examine whether selected endocrine disrupting chemicals were present in
pregnant women and passed through the placental barrier to amniotic fluid, potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Polystyrene nanoplastics promote CHIP-mediated degradation of tight junction proteins by activating IRE1α/XBP1s pathway in mouse Sertoli cells

R Hu, C Yao, Y Li, J Qu, S Yu, Y Han, G Chen… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) widely exist in human living
environment and enter the body through water, food chain and breathing. Several studies …

Estimating infertility prevalence in low-to-middle-income countries: an application of a current duration approach to Demographic and Health Survey data

CB Polis, CM Cox, Ö Tunçalp, AC McLain… - Human …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Can infertility prevalence be estimated using a current duration (CD)
approach when applied to nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) …

Diosgenin ameliorates testicular damage in streptozotocin-diabetic rats through attenuation of apoptosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation

Z Khosravi, R Sedaghat, T Baluchnejadmojarad… - International …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a prevalent metabolic disorder that is associated with development
of some complications in male reproductive system including testicular damage, sexual …