Multiple signaling pathways in Sertoli cells: recent findings in spermatogenesis

FD Ni, SL Hao, WX Yang - Cell death & disease, 2019‏ - nature.com
The functions of Sertoli cells in spermatogenesis have attracted much more attention
recently. Normal spermatogenesis depends on Sertoli cells, mainly due to their influence on …

Improvement effect of metformin on female and male reproduction in endocrine pathologies and its mechanisms

AO Shpakov - Pharmaceuticals, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Metformin (MF), a first-line drug to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), alone and in
combination with other drugs, restores the ovarian function in women with polycystic ovary …

Comparative overview of the mechanisms of action of hormones and endocrine disruptor compounds

Y Combarnous, TMD Nguyen - Toxics, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Endocrine Disruptor Compounds (EDCs) are synthetic or natural molecules in the
environment that promote adverse modifications of endogenous hormone regulation in …

Environmental estrogen exposure converts lipid metabolism in male fish to a female pattern mediated by AMPK and mTOR signaling pathways

SX Sun, JL Wu, HB Lv, HY Zhang, J Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Environmental estrogens, including bisphenol A (BPA) and 17β-estradiol (E2), which are
widely used in industries and medicine, pose a severe ecological threat to fish due to …

Bacterial infections affect male fertility: A focus on the oxidative stress-autophagy axis

S Wang, K Zhang, Y Yao, J Li, S Deng - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Numerous factors trigger male infertility, including lifestyle, the environment, health, medical
resources and pathogenic microorganism infections. Bacterial infections of the male …

[HTML][HTML] Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) mitigates methotrexate-induced testicular insult in rats: Targeting oxidative stress, energy deficit and spermatogenesis

DF Mansour, DO Saleh, OA Ahmed-Farid… - Biomedicine & …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Methotrexate (MTX) is commonly used as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of
malignancies and autoimmune disorders. Risk of subsequent infertility following MTX …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of Nigella sativa oil and metformin on male seminal parameters and testosterone in Wistar rats exposed to an obesogenic diet

K Leisegang, W Almaghrawi, R Henkel - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Obesity is a significant global health and socio-economic challenge, and considered an
important risk factor for poor health outcomes including male reproductive dysfunction and …

Stimulation of autophagy by dapagliflozin mitigates cadmium-induced testicular dysfunction in rats: the role of AMPK/mTOR and SIRT1/Nrf2/HO-1 pathways

HH Arab, EM Fikry, SE Alsufyani, AM Ashour… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread environmental pollutant that triggers testicular dysfunction.
Dapagliflozin is a selective sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor with notable …

Fisetin ameliorates oxidative glutamate testicular toxicity in rats via central and peripheral mechanisms involving SIRT1 activation

FH Rizk, NA Soliman, SE Abo-Elnasr… - Redox …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the potential mitigating effect of fisetin on
monosodium glutamate (MSG)-induced testicular toxicity and investigate the possible …

Quantitative phosphoproteomics analyses reveal the regulatory mechanisms related to frozen-thawed sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction in yak (Bos …

R Zhang, C Liang, X Guo, P Bao, J Pei, F Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Mammalian spermatozoa are not mature after ejaculation and must undergo additional
functional and structural changes within female reproductive tracts to achieve subsequent …