ReviewBasic and clinical andrology2018
Epididymal approaches to male contraception.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Male animal sterilization: history, current practices, and potential methods for replacing castration.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Review
- Interactions of the male contraceptive target EPPIN with semenogelin-1 and small organic ligands.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- [Vasectomy : Current information].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2021Article
- Pharmacological Inactivation of CatSper Blocks Sperm Fertilizing Ability Independently of the Capacitation Status of the Cells: Implications for Non-hormonal Contraception.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
- Large-scale discovery of male reproductive tract-specific genes through analysis of RNA-seq datasets.BMC biology · 2020Article
- Toward Development of the Male Pill: A Decade of Potential Non-hormonal Contraceptive Targets.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
- Male contraception: where are we going and where have we been?BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2019Review
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Abstract
Today, a vast arsenal of contraceptive methods interfering at different levels of the female reproductive axis is available. This is not the case for men for whom, until now, there is no reliable male reversible method and for whom vasectomy, condom and withdrawal are the only options available. Despite this limited supply, more than one third of all contraceptive methods used worldwide rely on the cooperation of the male partner. Besides developing hormonal approaches to stop sperm production, there may be attractive approaches that will interfere with sperm functions rather than production. Sperm functions are primarily established during post-testicular maturation, with the epididymis accounting for the majority. The purpose of this review is to present some of the promising and/or already abandoned leads that emerge from research efforts targeting the epididymis and its activities as potential means to achieve male post-meiotic contraception.
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