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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2022

Gut Microbiota-Testis Axis: FMT Mitigates High-Fat Diet-Diminished Male Fertility via Improving Systemic and Testicular Metabolome.

Yanan Hao, Yanni Feng, Xiaowei Yan, Liang Chen, Xiangping Ma, Xiangfang Tang, Ruqing Zhong, Zhongyi Sun, Manjree Agarwal, Hongfu Zhang and 1 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yanan Hao *State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesgrid.410727.7, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yanni Feng *College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
Xiaowei Yan *State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesgrid.410727.7, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Liang Chen *State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesgrid.410727.7, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xiangping Ma *State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesgrid.410727.7, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xiangfang TangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesgrid.410727.7, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Ruqing ZhongState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesgrid.410727.7, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Zhongyi SunUrology Department, Shenzhen university general hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Manjree AgarwalCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
Hongfu ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesgrid.410727.7, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yong ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesgrid.410727.7, Beijing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-3423-2718
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNMurdoch University · AUQingdao Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity is known to be associated with reduced male fertility and decreased semen quality in humans. HFD-related male infertility is a growing issue worldwide, and it is crucial to overcome this problem to ameliorate the distress of infertile couples. For the first time, we discovered that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) of alginate oligosaccharide (AOS)-improved gut microbiota (A10-FMT) ameliorated HFD-decreased semen quality (sperm concentration: 286.1 ± 14.1 versus 217.9 ± 17.4 million/mL; sperm motility: 40.1 ± 0.7% versus 29.0 ± 0.9%), and male fertility (pregnancy rate: 87.4 ± 1.1% versus 70.2 ± 6.1%) by benefiting blood and testicular metabolome. A10-FMT improved HFD-disturbed gut microbiota by increasing gut

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeInfertility, MaleDiet, High-FatFecal Microbiota TransplantationFertilityHumansMaleMetabolomeObesitySemenSemen AnalysisSperm MotilityTestisA10-FMTAOSblood metabolomegut microbiotaHFDmale infertilityobesitytesticular metabolome

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PMID35446112
PMCPMC9241630
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