ReviewJournal of medical virology2021
The other side of COVID-19 pandemic: Effects on male fertility.
Review in Journal of medical virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
- SARS-CoV-2 impairs male fertility by targeting semen quality and testosterone level: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The genetic associations of COVID-19 on genitourinary symptoms.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of COVID-19 vaccines on sperm parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Asian journal of andrology · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of COVID-19 on fertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART): a systematic review.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologiePooled it
- A survey of SARS-CoV-2 tropism.Infectious diseases & immunity · 2025Review
- Repercussion of SARS-CoV-2 on the Sexual Function in Males: An Updated Review.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Ferroptosis in human reproductive tract infections and associated disorders: mechanisms and emerging therapeutic opportunities.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Temporal shifts in semen parameters across a major COVID-19 outbreak wave: a retrospective cohort study using epidemiological time-windows.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
- Cerebral small vessel injury in mice with damage to ACE2-expressing cerebral vascular endothelial cells and post COVID-19 patients.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Radiotracers for Molecular Imaging of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Causal associations between severe COVID-19 and diseases of seven organs: a proteome-wide mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in genetics · 2024Article
- Immunohistochemical Analysis of Spermatogenesis in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Invasion in Different Age Groups.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Article
- Infection of SARS-CoV-2 causes severe pathological changes in mouse testis.Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao · 2023Article
- Endothelial dysfunction in autoimmune, pulmonary, and kidney systems, and exercise tolerance following SARS-CoV-2 infection.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- The Role of Mononuclear Phagocytes in the Testes and Epididymis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Direct, indirect, post-infection damages induced by coronavirus in the human body: an overview.Virusdisease · 2022Review
- Non-Productive Infection of Glial Cells with SARS-CoV-2 in Hamster Organotypic Cerebellar Slice Cultures.Viruses · 2022Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women seeking fertility treatment: the patient's perspective.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2022Article
- Infertility in Men: Advances towards a Comprehensive and Integrative Strategy for Precision Theranostics.Cells · 2022Review
- Corona and Reproduction, or Why the Corona Vaccination Does Not Result in Infertility.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2022Article
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Abstract
The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a major pandemic threat worldwide. According to the existing clinical data, this virus not only causes respiratory diseases and affects the lungs but also induces histopathological or functional changes in various organs like the testis and also the male genital tract. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS), also ACE 2 and TMPRSS2 play an important role in the cellular entry for SARS-CoV-2. Because the male genital system presents high ACE 2 expression, the importance of this pathway increases in COVID-19 cases. As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the male genital system in direct or indirect ways and showed a negative impact on male reproduction, this paper focuses on the possible mechanisms underlying the damage caused by COVID-19 to the testis and also other components of the male genital tract.
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