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ArticleGut2021

Improvement in sperm quality and spermatogenesis following faecal microbiota transplantation from alginate oligosaccharide dosed mice.

Pengfei Zhang, Yanni Feng, Lan Li, Wei Ge, Shuai Yu, Yanan Hao, Wei Shen, Xiao Han, Dongxue Ma, Shen Yin and 6 more

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Article in Gut, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Pengfei Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yanni Feng *College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Lan Li *College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Wei GeCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Shuai YuCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Yanan HaoState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wei ShenCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Xiao HanState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Dongxue MaCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Shen YinCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Yu TianCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Lingjiang MinCollege of Animal Sciences and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Zhongyi SunUrology Department, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Qingyuan SunState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hongfu ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China yzhao818@hotmail.com zhanghongfu@caas.cn.
Yong ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China yzhao818@hotmail.com zhanghongfu@caas.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3423-2718

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Fecal Microbiota TransplantationSperm CountAlginatesAnimalsMaleMiceOligosaccharidesSpermatogenesisSperm MotilityAlginatesOligosaccharidescell biologydevelopment genesmolecular biologymucosal protectionprobiotics

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PMID32303608
PMCPMC7788261

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