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ArticleAmerican journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)2026

High Glucose Supplementation Aggravates Experimental Autoimmune Epididymo-orchitis via Localized Th17 Skewing in the Male Reproductive Tract.

Jin-Chuan Liu, Qun-Xiong Zeng, Fu Shi, Jiangxia Shi, Xiaofeng Liu, Minmin Lyu, Yu Li, Emmanuele A Jannini, Yong-Gang Duan

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Article in American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jin-Chuan LiuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Center of Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Qun-Xiong ZengShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Center of Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Fu ShiShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Center of Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Jiangxia ShiShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Center of Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Xiaofeng LiuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Center of Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Minmin LyuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Center of Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Yu LiShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Center of Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Emmanuele A JanniniDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-039X
Yong-Gang DuanShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Center of Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5350-892X

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Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2024A1515010874Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen SZSM202211014Shenzhen Medical Research Fund A2402043
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Abstract

backgroundChronic epididymo-orchitis contributes significantly to male infertility through immune cell infiltration and pro-inflammatory cytokine elevation. High glucose intake promotes Th17 differentiation and autoimmunity, but its effects on autoimmune testicular inflammation remain unclear.

objectivesTo determine whether chronic high glucose supplementation exacerbates experimental autoimmune epididymo-orchitis (EAEO), impairs spermatogenesis, and drives CD4 MATERIALS AND

methodsEAEO was induced in male C57BL/6 mice with or without chronic 10% glucose supplementation in drinking water. Sperm parameters, ROS levels, apoptosis, and histopathology were evaluated. CD4

resultsHigh glucose intake accelerated EAEO progression, markedly worsening sperm concentration and motility, elevating sperm ROS, increasing germ cell apoptosis, and causing severe histopathological damage. In the reproductive tract, glucose induced an upward trend of CD4 DISCUSSION AND

conclusionChronic high glucose exacerbates EAEO by intensifying oxidative stress, apoptosis, and tissue injury while promoting a late-phase, tissue-restricted Th17-biased CD4

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Autoimmune DiseasesEpididymitisGlucoseOrchitisTh17 CellsAnimalsApoptosisDisease Models, AnimalEpididymisHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSpermatogenesisTestisGlucoseautoimmunitycytokinehigh glucoseinflammationoxidative stressspermspermatogenesisth17 lymphocytes

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PMCPMC13421030

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