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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Mechanisms of Male Reproductive Sterility Triggered by Dysbiosis of Intestinal Microorganisms.

Mingbang Wei, Huaizhi Liu, Yu Wang, Mingyang Sun, Peng Shang

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Trends in Microbiology 2024.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  6. Frontiers in microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mingbang WeiCollege of Animal Science, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi 860000, China.
Huaizhi LiuCollege of Animal Science, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi 860000, China.ORCID 0009-0004-7600-1867
Yu WangCollege of Animal Science, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi 860000, China.
Mingyang SunCollege of Animal Science, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi 860000, China.
Peng ShangCollege of Animal Science, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi 860000, China.

Funding

Major Science and Technology Special Project of Tibet Autonomous Region XZ202101ZD0005NNational Key Research and Development Project 2022YFD1600903National Key Research and Development Project 2023YFD1801304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intestinal microbiota, comprised of bacteria, archaea, and phages, inhabits the gastrointestinal tract of the organism. Male reproductive sterility is currently a prominent topic in medical research. Increasing research suggests that gut microbiota dysbiosis can result in various reproductive health problems. This article specifically investigates the impact of gut microbiota dysbiosis on male reproductive infertility development. Gut microbiota imbalances can disrupt the immune system and immune cell metabolism, affecting testicular growth and sperm production. This dysfunction can compromise the levels of hormones produced and secreted by the endocrine glands, affecting male reproductive health. Furthermore, imbalance of the gut microbiota can disrupt the gut-brain-reproductive axis, resulting in male reproductive infertility. This article explores how the imbalance of the gut microbiota impacts male reproductive infertility through immune regulation, endocrine regulation, and interactions of the gut-brain-reproductive axis, concluding with recommendations for prevention and treatment.

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endocrine systemgut–brain–reproductive axisgut microbiotaimmune systemmale reproductive infertility

Identifiers

PMID38929676
PMCPMC11204708

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