ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pain Pelvic Syndrome and Male Infertility.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Mechanism of Bao Jing Tablets in Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Insights from Multi-Omics and Network Pharmacology.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Neurobiology of Anxiety and Depression in CP/CPPS: A Narrative Review of Underlying Mechanisms.Neurology international · 2026Review
- Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Male Infertility-Current Trends and Future Directions: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- A simplified algorithm for management of CP/CPPS and associated entities: A summary table for general urologists.Current urology · 2026Review
- Prostatitis-Related Male Infertility: From Inflammation and Dysbiosis to Sperm DNA Damage.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A large-scale multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Chronic Prostatitis Patients Regarding Electrophysiological Therapy in a Chinese Tertiary Hospital: A Cross-Sectional SEM Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Research progress on the multidimensional mechanisms underlying impaired spermatogenesis induced by pathological microenvironment remodeling in chronic prostatitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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- Chronic prostatitis and male infertility: association mechanism and research progress.World journal of urology · 2025Review
- Prevalence of HPV infection in the general population of young and adult males in Italy.Andrology · 2025Article
- Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome impairs erectile function by inducing apoptosis in a rat model of experimental autoimmune prostatitis.International journal of impotence research · 2025Article
- Gut Dysbiosis in Infertile Patients with Persistent Male Accessory Gland Infection.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Docosahexaenoic acid mitigates experimental autoimmune prostatitis by inhibiting Th17 cell differentiation via the PPARγ/NF-κB/IL-17A pathway.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2025Article
- Effects of personalized nursing on treatment adherence and clinical symptoms in prostatitis patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The characteristics of brain function alterations in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome across varying symptom severities evaluated by NIH-CPSI.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Male Tract Microbiota and Male Infertility.Cells · 2024Review
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Abstract
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is defined as urologic pain or discomfort in the pelvic region, associated with urinary symptoms and/or sexual dysfunction, lasting for at least 3 of the previous 6 months. The rate of symptoms related to prostatitis has a mean prevalence of 8-8.2%. CP/CPPS is most frequent in men younger than 50 years, among whom it is the most common urologic diagnosis. In the last decades, many studies have been published on CP/CPPS and its association with male infertility. The pathophysiologic relation between CP/CPPS and male infertility involves several aspects, which are not well studied yet. A reduction in semen parameters has been demonstrated in patients with CP/CPPS, and several mechanisms have been proposed to represent putative pathophysiological links between CP/CPPS and infertility, including male accessory gland inflammation, metabolic syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, HPV co-infection and autoimmunity. In light of this evidence, a multidisciplinary approach is advocated for patients with known CP/CPPS, and particular attention is needed for male patients of infertile couples in order to evaluate male accessory glands correctly. In addition, it is advisable that future studies dealing with the treatment of CP/CPPS take into consideration all the different pathophysiological aspects implicated.
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