ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2022
Testicular Immunity and Its Connection with the Microbiota. Physiological and Clinical Implications in the Light of Personalized Medicine.
Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Decoding Microbiota in Genitourinary Oncology: Biological Mechanisms and Clinical Implications-A Narrative Review.Cancers · 2026Review
- Single-cell analysis of testicular bacterial microbiome changes during aging and effect on reproductive capacity in mice.iScience · 2025Article
- Effect of supplementation with different dietary energy sources on semen quality in a cold-stressed boar model.Animal biotechnology · 2025Article
- Changes in L-Carnitine Metabolism Affect the Gut Microbiome and Influence Sexual Behavior Through the Gut-Testis Axis.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Bovine ocular microbiome: the next frontier in managing Pinkeye in cattle.Animal microbiome · 2025Article
- Immune Microenvironment Dysregulation: A Contributing Factor to Obesity-Associated Male Infertility.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Therapeutic potential of microbiome modulation in reproductive cancers.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- Acupuncture mediates the "gut-testis axis" to improve asthenozoospermia.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- The Equilibrium of Bacterial Microecosystem: Probiotics, Pathogenic Bacteria, and Natural Antimicrobial Substances in Semen.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- The microbiota continuum along the upper reproductive tract of male rat and its relation to semen parameters.Heliyon · 2024Article
- A Bird's-Eye View of the Pathophysiologic Role of the Human Urobiota in Health and Disease: Can We Modulate It?Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2024Review
- Current Views about the Inflammatory Damage Triggered by Bacterial Superantigens and Experimental Attempts to Neutralize Superantigen-Mediated Toxic Effects with Natural and Biological Products.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2024Review
- Microbiota revolution: How gut microbes regulate our lives.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- An Overview of the Microbiota of the Human Urinary Tract in Health and Disease: Current Issues and Perspectives.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Immune-related mechanisms and immunotherapy in extragonadal germ cell tumors.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Reproduction is a complex process, which is based on the cooperation between the endocrine-immune system and the microbiota. Testicular immunity is characterized by the so-called immune privilege, a mechanism that avoids autoimmune attacks against proteins expressed by spermatozoa. Testicular microbiota is connected with the gut microbiota, the most prevalent site of commensals inthe body. Both microbiotas take part inthe development of the immune system and protection againstpathogen invasion. Dysbiosis is caused by concurrent pathologies, such as obesity, diabetes, infections and trauma. The substitution of beneficial bacteria with pathogens may lead to destruction of spermatozoa directly or indirectly and, ultimately, to male infertility. Novel therapeutic interventions, i.e., nutritional interventions and supplementation of natural products, such as, probiotics, prebiotics, antioxidants and polyphenols, may lead to the restoration of the otherwise-impaired male reproductive potential, even if experimental and clinical results are not always concordant. In this review, the structure and immune function of the testis will be described with special reference to the blood-testisbarrier. The regulatory role of both the gut and testicular microbiota will be illustrated in health and disease, also emphasizing therapeutic attempts with natural products for the correction of male infertility, in the era of personalized medicine.
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