Trial reportOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2019
Relationships between Ghrelin and Obestatin with MDA, Proinflammatory Cytokines, GSH/GSSG Ratio, Catalase Activity, and Semen Parameters in Infertile Patients with Leukocytospermia and Varicocele.
Trial report in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Seminal plasma cytokines in fertile versus infertile men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Human reproduction update · 2026Pooled it
- Potentiality of ghrelin as antioxidant and protective agent.Redox report : communications in free radical research · 2021Pooled it
- Venocentric perspective on varicocele: summarizing mechanisms and explorations.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Advances in immunological research on male infertility.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Review
- High-intensity interval training reduces inflammatory mediator levels in the testes of spontaneously hypertensive rats.Animal reproduction · 2025Article
- Protective role of seleno-amino acid against IBD via ferroptosis inhibition in enteral nutrition therapy.iScience · 2024Article
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- Immune regulatory cytokines in seminal plasma of healthy men: A scoping review and analysis of variance.Andrology · 2023Article
- Microbiology and immune mechanisms associated with male infertility.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Exploring the mechanisms of Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan on varicocele via network pharmacology and molecular docking.Andrologia · 2022Article
- Local and Systemic Oxidative Stress Biomarkers for Male Infertility: The ORION Study.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Long noncoding RNAs regulated spermatogenesis in varicocele-induced spermatogenic dysfunction.Cell proliferation · 2022Article
- Male Infertility and Oxidative Stress: A Focus on the Underlying Mechanisms.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Relationship Between Semen IL-6, IL-33 and Malondialdehyde Generation in Human Seminal Plasma and Spermatozoa.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2021Article
- Varicocele-Mediated Male Infertility: From the Perspective of Testicular Immunity and Inflammation.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
- Review
- Period of Boar Ejaculate Collection Contributes to the Yearly Intra-Male Variability of Seminal Plasma Cytokines.Biology · 2020Article
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Ghrelin and obestatin are involved in many biological functions including reproduction. Growing evidences suggest that both peptides could exert protective and antioxidant activities. In this study, the relationships between ghrelin/obestatin, interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-
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