Oxidative stress and male infertility: current knowledge of pathophysiology and role of antioxidant therapy in disease management

E Barati, H Nikzad, M Karimian - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Infertility is a global health problem involving about 15% of couples. Approximately half of
the infertility cases are related to male factors. The oxidative stress, which refers to an …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of the impact of COVID-19 on human reproductive biology, assisted reproduction care and pregnancy: a Canadian perspective

M Madjunkov, M Dviri, C Librach - Journal of ovarian research, 2020 - Springer
Currently, the world is in the seventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, infections
with novel SARS-CoV-2 virus are continuously rising with mounting numbers of deaths …

COVID-19 and fertility: a virtual reality

G Anifandis, CI Messini, A Daponte… - Reproductive biomedicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary global situation, and all countries have
adopted their own strategies to diminish and eliminate the spread of the virus. All measures …

An update on clinical and surgical interventions to reduce sperm DNA fragmentation in infertile men

SC Esteves, D Santi, M Simoni - Andrology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Sperm chromatin integrity is essential for normal embryo development and
pregnancy outcome. Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) testing constitutes a diagnostic tool to …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress in male infertility: causes, effects in assisted reproductive techniques, and protective support of antioxidants

J Ribas-Maynou, M Yeste - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
The spermatozoon is a highly specialized cell, whose main function is the transport of the
intact male genetic material into the oocyte. During its formation and transit throughout male …

[HTML][HTML] Osteoarthritis and toll-like receptors: when innate immunity meets chondrocyte apoptosis

G Barreto, M Manninen, K K. Eklund - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) has long been viewed as a degenerative disease of cartilage, but
accumulating evidence indicates that inflammation has a critical role in its pathogenesis. In …

Endogenous and exogenous antioxidants as a tool to ameliorate male infertility induced by reactive oxygen species

T R. Dias, D Martin-Hidalgo, B M. Silva… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Antioxidants are essential for the maintenance of cellular redox
homeodynamics in the male reproductive tract, playing a key role in fertilizing potential …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between sperm oxidative stress alterations and IVF/ICSI outcomes: a systematic review from nonhuman mammals

J Ribas-Maynou, M Yeste, A Salas-Huetos - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Achieving high embryo quality following IVF and ICSI procedures is a key factor in
increasing fertility outcomes in human infertile couples. While the male factor is known to …

[HTML][HTML] Protective effects of bee bread on testicular oxidative stress, NF-κB-mediated inflammation, apoptosis and lactate transport decline in obese male rats

JB Suleiman, VU Nna, Z Zakaria, ZA Othman… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress, chronic inflammation and apoptosis are associated with obesity. Herein, we
investigated the potential protective effect of bee bread, a natural bee product, on testicular …

Male aging as a causative factor of detrimental changes in human conventional semen parameters and sperm DNA integrity

K Gill, J Jakubik-Uljasz, A Rosiak-Gill… - The Aging …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The effect of male aging on fertility potential is controversial and difficult to predict. The aim
of our study was to determine the associations between age, basic semen parameters, and …