ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023
Human Male Genital Tract Microbiota.
Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Unfolding the Semen Microbiota: Implications for Male Infertility.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Microbial Contributions to Primate Reproduction.Evolutionary anthropology · 2026Review
- Environmental and microbiome determinants of sperm quality: a narrative review on male health.Translational andrology and urology · 2026Review
- Probiotics as Microbiome Modulators in Male Infertility: Rethinking Dysbiosis Across the Gut-Testis Axis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Research progress and clinical translation prospects of the urinary tract microbiome in prostate cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Decoding the seminal microbial fingerprint and semen quality: insights from the first Greek pilot study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- The impact of vasectomy on the seminal microbiome: possible implications and source of microbes.Human reproduction open · 2026Article
- Interpretable machine learning uncovers core seminal microbial signatures in idiopathic oligoasthenospermia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Research trend on the emerging role of the microbiome in idiopathic male infertility.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2025Review
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- Connecting microbial ecology to human fertility and reproduction: perspectives from the reproductive microbiomes of animals.F&S reports · 2025Article
- Unlocking the Interactions Between the Whole-Body Microbiome and HPV Infection: A Literature Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- All Properties of Infertility Microbiome in a Review Article.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025Review
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- Advances in the study of the correlation between balanoposthitis and skin microecology.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Prostate and urinary microbiomes in prostate cancer development: focus onFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Metagenome-based microbial community analysis of urine-derived fertilizer.BMC microbiology · 2024Article
- Characterization of pediatric urinary microbiome at species-level resolution indicates variation due to sex, age, and urologic history.Journal of pediatric urology · 2024Article
- Contribution of the seminal microbiome to paternal programming.Biology of reproduction · 2024Review
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The human body is vastly colonised by microorganisms, whose impact on health is increasingly recognised. The human genital tract hosts a diverse microbiota, and an increasing number of studies on the male genital tract microbiota suggest that bacteria have a role in male infertility and pathological conditions, such as prostate cancer. Nevertheless, this research field remains understudied. The study of bacterial colonisation of the male genital tract is highly impacted by the invasive nature of sampling and the low abundance of the microbiota. Therefore, most studies relied on the analysis of semen microbiota to describe the colonisation of the male genital tract (MGT), which was thought to be sterile. The aim of this narrative review is to present the results of studies that used next-generation sequencing (NGS) to profile the bacterial colonisation patterns of different male genital tract anatomical compartments and critically highlight their findings and their weaknesses. Moreover, we identified potential research axes that may be crucial for our understanding of the male genital tract microbiota and its impact on male infertility and pathophysiology.
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