ReviewReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2024
Etiology of Male Infertility: an Update.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of obesity interventions on male fertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Human reproduction update · 2026Pooled it
- The role of DNA mismatch repair mutS/mutL homolog genes in spermatogenesis and male infertility: a systematic review and cohort study.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025Pooled it
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- Application of Whole-Exome Sequencing in Identifying the Molecular Basis of Idiopathic Male Infertility.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Seminal ubiquitin as an independent predictor of severe sperm damage and ICSI outcomes: evidence for a redox-proteostasis axis in male infertility†.Biology of reproduction · 2026Article
- A Novel Hemizygous CDX4 Missense Variant Identified in a Taiwanese Man with Severe Teratozoospermia.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Androgen rapidly activates phosphorylation signaling pathways in Sertoli cells.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- FBXO39 knockdown promotes spermatogenesis impairment by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and ferroptosis via inhibiting KDM5A ubiquitination and regulating H3K4me3 demethylation.Cell biology and toxicology · 2026Article
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- Small RNA sequencing in individually selected sperm: Biomarkers for male subfertility and predictors of pregnancy success.Non-coding RNA research · 2026Article
- Dose-Dependent Effects of Intratesticular Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Injection on Heat-Induced Spermatogenesis Disorder in Wistar Rats: Focus on Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress.Iranian journal of pathology · 2026Article
- Nicotinamide mononucleotide improves spermatogenesis in aluminium-exposed mice by inhibiting NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Male infertility and risk of cardiometabolic conditions: a population-based cohort study.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Human teratozoospermia-related AGTPBP1 R791H mutation is associated with sperm head and tail defects in a CRISPR-engineered murine model.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2026Article
- Regional variations in the morphology of the efferent ductules: a histological perspective in rats, bulls, stallions, and boars.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Identifying potential genetic biomarkers for sperm dysfunction through whole-genome sequencing.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Disruption of TEX38 impairs sperm morphogenesis and the migration of sperm into the oviduct.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Assisted reproduction outcome of the cases with male factor infertility: A retrospective chart review of 1913 ICSI cycles along 10 years.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Insights Into the Expectations of Infertile Men Regarding Multidisciplinary Reproductive Health Services.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Beneficial Effects of Resveratrol on Testicular Functions: Focus on Its Antioxidant Properties.Cells · 2025Review
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Abstract
Spermatogenesis is a complex process of germ cell division and differentiation that involves extensive cross-talk between the developing germ cells and the somatic testicular cells. Defective endocrine signaling and/or intrinsic defects within the testes can adversely affect spermatogenic progression, leading to subfertility/infertility. In recent years, male infertility has been recognized as a global public health concern, and research over the last few decades has elucidated the complex etiology of male infertility. Congenital reproductive abnormalities, genetic mutations, and endocrine/metabolic dysfunction have been demonstrated to be involved in infertility/subfertility in males. Furthermore, acquired factors like exposure to environmental toxicants and lifestyle-related disorders such as illicit use of psychoactive drugs have been shown to adversely affect spermatogenesis. Despite the large body of available scientific literature on the etiology of male infertility, a substantial proportion of infertility cases are idiopathic in nature, with no known cause. The inability to treat such idiopathic cases stems from poor knowledge about the complex regulation of spermatogenesis. Emerging scientific evidence indicates that defective functioning of testicular Sertoli cells (Sc) may be an underlying cause of infertility/subfertility in males. Sc plays an indispensable role in regulating spermatogenesis, and impaired functional maturation of Sc has been shown to affect fertility in animal models as well as humans, suggesting abnormal Sc as a potential underlying cause of reproductive insufficiency/failure in such cases of unexplained infertility. This review summarizes the major causes of infertility/subfertility in males, with an emphasis on infertility due to dysregulated Sc function.
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