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ReviewReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2023

Cell-Based Therapy Approaches in Treatment of Non-obstructive Azoospermia.

Elham Roshandel, Maryam Mehravar, Maryam Nikoonezhad, Afshin Mohammad Alizadeh, Mohammad Majidi, Maryam Salimi, Abbas Hajifathali

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Review in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elham Roshandel *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3698-4342
Maryam Mehravar *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-2442-0635
Maryam NikoonezhadHematopoietic Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-7915-6734
Afshin Mohammad AlizadehDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-6972-9535
Mohammad MajidiDepartment of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam SalimiHematopoietic Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran. m.salimi87@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5099-3309
Abbas HajifathaliHematopoietic Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran. hajifathali@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2711-9277
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRResearch Institute for Endocrine Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rate of infertility has globally increased in recent years for a variety of reasons. One of the main causes of infertility in men is azoospermia that is defined by the absence of sperm in the ejaculate and classified into two categories: obstructive azoospermia and non-obstructive azoospermia. In non-obstructive azoospermia, genital ducts are not obstructed, but the testicles do not produce sperm at all, due to various reasons. Non-obstructive azoospermia in most cases has no therapeutic options other than assisted reproductive techniques, which in most cases require sperm donors. Here we discuss cell-based therapy approaches to restore fertility in men with non-obstructive azoospermia including cell-based therapies of non-obstructive azoospermia using regenerative medicine and cell-based therapies of non-obstructive azoospermia by paracrine and anti-inflammatory pathway, technical and ethical challenges for using different cell sources and alternative options will be described, and then the more effectual approaches will be mentioned as future trends.

Indexed as

AzoospermiaHumansMaleReproductive Techniques, AssistedSemenSperm RetrievalTestisCell therapyInflammationNon-obstructive azoospermiaParacrine effectRegenerative medicine

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PMID36380137
PMCPMC9666961
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