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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Redox Homeostasis and Nrf2-Regulated Mechanisms Are Relevant to Male Infertility.

Cinzia Signorini, Luciano Saso, Somayyeh Ghareghomi, Pelin Telkoparan-Akillilar, Giulia Collodel, Elena Moretti

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Nutritional modulation of male fertility: a molecular-focused scoping review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026
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  5. Nrf2 Levels in Human Semen and Spermatozoa: Association with FInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Cinzia SignoriniDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0006-9414
Luciano SasoDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4530-8706
Somayyeh GhareghomiInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417466191, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1492-1252
Pelin Telkoparan-AkillilarDepartment of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuksek Ihtisas University, 6530 Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-0337-0763
Giulia CollodelDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1587-0159
Elena MorettiDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9467-0501
University of Siena · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Tehran · IRYüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility represents a significant global health challenge, affecting more than 12% of couples worldwide, and most cases of infertility are caused by male factors. Several pathological pathways are implicated in male infertility. The main mechanisms involved are driven by the loss of reduction-oxidation (redox) homeostasis and the resulting oxidative damage as well as the chronic inflammatory process. Increased or severe oxidative stress leads to sperm plasma membrane and DNA oxidative damage, dysregulated RNA processing, and telomere destruction. The signaling pathways of these molecular events are also regulated by Nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). The causes of male infertility, the role of oxidative stress in male infertility and the Keap1-Nrf2 antioxidant pathway are reviewed. This review highlights the regulatory role of Nrf2 in the balance between oxidants and antioxidants as relevant mechanisms to male fertility. Nrf2 is involved in the regulation of spermatogenesis and sperm quality. Establishing a link between Nrf2 signaling pathways and the regulation of male fertility provides the basis for molecular modulation of inflammatory processes, reactive oxygen species generation, and the antioxidant molecular network, including the Nrf2-regulated antioxidant response, to improve male reproductive outcomes.

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human male infertilitynuclear factor-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)oxidative stresssperm

Identifiers

PMID38397791
PMCPMC10886271
OpenAlexW4391532765

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