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  1. Sperm growth and maturation are correlated with the expression levels of Leucine-rich repeat and WD repeat-containing protein 1 (LRWD1), a widely expressed protein in the human testicles. The decrease in LRWD1...

    Authors: Jui-Hsiang Hung, Han-Yi Cheng, Yung-Chieh Tsai, Hsien-An Pan, Hany A. Omar, Chien-Chih Chiu, Yin-Mei Su, Yung-Ming Lin and Yen-Ni Teng
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Diet, one of the components of lifestyle, has been believed to have associations with erectile dysfunction (ED). However, whether there is an association between plant-based diet and ED is remains to be explor...

    Authors: Yi Lu, Jiaqi Kang, Zhongjia Li, Xiao Wang, Kang Liu, Kechong Zhou, Wei Wang and Chen Shen
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:11
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  3. Over the last years, there has been an increasing concern about a global decline in men’s fertility. Specifically, some evidence indicates that sperm quality has decreased over the last years. However, reports...

    Authors: Lucía Rosa-Villagrán, Natalibeth Barrera, José Montes, Carlos Riso and Rossana Sapiro
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:8
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  4. Spermatogenesis is a complex process regulated by a multitude of genes. The identification and characterization of male-germ-cell-specific genes is crucial to understanding the mechanisms through which the cel...

    Authors: Hela Bellil, Farah Ghieh, Emeline Hermel, Béatrice Mandon-Pepin and François Vialard
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:9
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  5. Occludin protein is the primary assembling protein of TJs and the structural basis for tight junction formation between Sertoli cells in the spermatogenic epithelium. The expression of miR-122-5p and occludin ...

    Authors: Limin Liu, Maoying Zhu, Xiaoli Liu, Lumin Fei, Jianyun Shen and Deyu Chen
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent cell death that is distinct from apoptosis. Based on excessive amounts of iron and reactive oxygen species in varicocele (VCL) rats, we hypothesize that ferroptosis might be in...

    Authors: Erfaneh Shaygannia, Mohammad H. Nasr-Esfahani, Fattah Sotoodehnejadnematalahi and Kazem Parivar
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) treatment following surgery to correct cryptorchidism restores mini-puberty via endocrinological and transcriptional effects and prevents adult infertility in mos...

    Authors: Faruk Hadziselimovic, Gilvydas Verkauskas and Michael B. Stadler
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:6
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  8. Penile prothesis (PP) is the gold-standard treatment of drug-refractory erectile dysfunction (ED). While postoperative outcomes have been widely described in the literature, there are few data about patient sa...

    Authors: Valentine Frydman, Ugo Pinar, Maher Abdessater, William Akakpo, Pietro Grande, Marie Audouin, Pierre Mozer, Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler, Thomas Seisen and Morgan Roupret
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Premature ejaculation (PE) is a multifactorial problem with a complicated aetiology that has detrimental effects on female partners’ sexual function. However, there is a lack of studies on the relationship bet...

    Authors: Hu Li, Pan Gao, Jingjing Gao, Xu Wu, Guodong Liu, Yutian Dai, Hui Jiang and Xiansheng Zhang
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. In a previous report, we investigated whether the size of male genitalia similarly exposed to serum testosterone during aging could change with age and found that penile length almost stopped increasing during...

    Authors: Hiroshi Ikegaya, Motofumi Suzuki, Hiroki Kondou, Taketo Kawai, Yusuke Sato, Tadaichi Kitamura and Haruki Kume
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:3
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  11. Spermatic cord torsion (SCT) is a surgical emergency. Any delay in diagnosis or treatment may compromise the vital and functional prognosis of the testicle. The orchiectomy rate remains very high in the litera...

    Authors: Fasnéwindé Aristide Kabore, Klovis Klifford Kabore, Moussa Kabore, Brahima Kirakoya, Clotaire Yameogo, Bienvenue Désiré Ky and Barnabé Zango
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:2
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  12. Approximately 2–10% of patients with varicocele complain of pain. Varicocelectomy for testicular pain is a surgical choice when conservative therapy fails to relieve the pain. Different variables have been rep...

    Authors: Abdullah Al-Gadheeb, Hossam S. El-Tholoth, Abdulaziz Albalawi, Abdulmajeed Althobity, Mussa AlNumi, Tala Alafraa and Amr Jad
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2021 31:1
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  13. Idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) is supposed to be non-existent in a context of testicular destruction that is typically present in Klinefelter syndrome (KS). Herein, we describe a rare case of ICP...

    Authors: Salwan Maqdasy, Bertrand Barres, Gaelle Salaun, Marie Batisse-Lignier, Celine Pebrel-Richard, Kelvin H. M. Kwok, André Labbé, Philippe Touraine, Florence Brugnon and Igor Tauveron
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:19
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  14. Erectile dysfunction (ED) has a negative impact on ones’ relationships with poor quality of life as inevitable result. The effects of ED maybe worse in developing countries setting like Tanzania because men’s ...

    Authors: Kenan B. Nyalile, Emmanuel H. P. Mushi, Epiphania Moshi, Beatrice J. Leyaro, Sia E. Msuya and Orgeness Mbwambo
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:20
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  15. In 1999, despite a longstanding use, the WHO manual for the examination of human semen finally proposed to assay several biochemical components of the seminal plasma for a functional exploration of the male ac...

    Authors: Safouane M. Hamdi, Erick Sanchez, Delphine Garimbay and Stéphanie Albarede
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:18
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  16. Patients with proximal penile prosthetic cylindrical complications (PPPCC) can be treated with a direct crural technique without using the original traditional approach. In this article we present our novel di...

    Authors: Ahmed S. Zugail, Maher Abdessater, Abdulmajeed Althobity, Johnny Boustany, Mabel Nuernberg, Abdalla Alhammadi and Sébastien Beley
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:17
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  17. The prevalence of low semen quality and the incidence of testicular cancer have been steadily increasing over the past decades in different parts of the World. Although these conditions may have a genetic or e...

    Authors: Rita Rahban and Serge Nef
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:16
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  18. Germline mosaicism is considered to be a rare event. However, its occurrence is underestimated due to the limited availability of germ cells. The genomic variations that underlie this phenomenon comprise singl...

    Authors: Celine Chalas, Aline Receveur, Nelly Frydman, Nathalie Massin, Gerard Tachdjian, Veronique Drouineaud, Alexandra Benachi, Catherine Patrat and Francois Michael Petit
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:14
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  19. Varicocele is one of the most common causes of reversible male infertility, and 15% of the varicocele patients with normal semen analysis are diagnosed as infertile. According to the current guidelines, varico...

    Authors: Ponco Birowo, J. Rahendra Wijaya, Widi Atmoko and Nur Rasyid
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:15
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  20. Clomiphene citrate has been proposed as pre-treatment for infertile men with non-obstructive, testicular azoospermia (NOA) before surgery for testicular sperm extraction (TESE), especially when serum testoster...

    Authors: Daniela Fietz, Adrian Pilatz, Thorsten Diemer, Florian Wagenlehner, Martin Bergmann and Hans-Christian Schuppe
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:13
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. The Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay (SCSA®), in addition to identifying the DNA Fragmentation Index (DFI) also identifies High DNA satiability (HDS), supposed to reflect the nuclear compaction of spermatozoa. ...

    Authors: Z. Mohammadi, M. Tavalaee, P. Gharagozloo, J. R. Drevet and M. H. Nasr-Esfahani
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Little is known about the histology of contralateral descended testes in boys with unilaterally absent testis. We investigated whether absence of one testis is associated with abnormal tissue architecture of t...

    Authors: Faruk Hadziselimovic, Gilvydas Verkauskas, Beata Vincel, Gunthild Krey and Zacharias Zachariou
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common reproductive disorders in both male dogs and men. Finasteride, a synthetic inhibitor of the enzyme 5α-reductase, is widely used as medical treatment...

    Authors: Daniel S. R. Angrimani, Luana C. Bicudo, Nuria Llamas Luceño, Bruno R. Rui, Matheus F. Silva, João D. A. Losano, Bart Leemans, Ann Van Soom and Camila I. Vannucchi
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) metamorphosed our medical practice. In early June 2020, more than 6,400,000 COVID-19 (coronavirus-19 disease) cases were diagnosed across the world ...

    Authors: S. Hamdi, M. Bendayan, E. Huyghe, J.-C. Soufir, E. Amar, R. El Osta, I. Plotton, C. Delalande, J. Perrin, C. Leroy, A. Bouker, H. Pons, H. Lejeune, G. Robin and F. Boitrelle
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:10
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  25. Cryptorchidism (CPT) is an important cause of male infertility. Rubus apetalus is a medicinal plant with a powerful antioxidant potential. We investigated the effects of aqueous and methanolic extracts of R. apet...

    Authors: Désiré Alumeti Munyali, Aimé Césaire Tetsatsi Momo, Georges Romeo Bonsou Fozin, Patrick Brice Deeh Defo, Yannick Petnga Tchatat, Boris Lieunang and Pierre Watcho
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:8
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Hard-flaccid syndrome is gaining increased interest among male sexual dysfunctions in the last years. It is poorly understood and defined. Most of the information comes from online forums. This paper is a revi...

    Authors: Maher Abdessater, Anthony Kanbar, William Akakpo and Sebastien Beley
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:7
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  27. The Inflatable penile prostheses (IPP) are used as definitive treatment for severe erectile dysfunction. Removal of an IPP can be challenging, especially for the non-andrologists and junior urologists. The cla...

    Authors: Abdalla Alhammadi, Maher Abdessater, Abdulmajeed Althobity, Anthony Kanbar, Walid Sleiman, Bertrand Guillonneau, Ahmed Zugail and Sebastien Beley
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Poor sleep has been linked to a number of adverse health outcomes. Recent studies suggest that late bedtimes, short or long sleep durations, and poor sleep quality may impair semen quality. No study has previo...

    Authors: Julius Edward Miller Hvidt, Ulla Breth Knudsen, Robert Zachariae, Hans Jakob Ingerslev, Marie Tholstrup Philipsen and Yoon Frederiksen
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:5
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  29. Cisplatin (CP) is an extremely effective anticancer agent widely used to treat various cancer types, however, the potential side effects include testicular dysfunction. This study was to investigate, using a r...

    Authors: Tetsuya Kohsaka, Itaru Minagawa, Masashi Morimoto, Takuya Yoshida, Tomohiro Sasanami, Yoshitaka Yoneda, Naoki Ikegaya and Hiroshi Sasada
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:3
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  30. Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that the author given names and family names had been transposed. The author names in this correction article are presented correctly.

    Authors: Fanny Jumeau, Julien Sigala, Francisco-Jose Fernandez-Gomez, Sabiha Eddarkaoui, Sophie Duban-Deweer, Luc Buée, Hélène Béhal, Nicolas Sergeant and Valérie Mitchell
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:4
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Basic and Clinical Andrology 2018 28:10

  31. Even after decades of research men still lack reliable and reversible contraceptive methods comparable to female methods of contraception. Traditional methods of male contraception present a high failure rate ...

    Authors: Barkha Khilwani, Ayesha Badar, Abdul S. Ansari and Nirmal K. Lohiya
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:2
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  32. The development of a canine-specific method of immunocontraception is one of the non-invasive controlling strategies for humanely decreasing the dog population. This study was aimed to investigate the potentia...

    Authors: Atefeh Esmailnejad, Behrooz Nikahval, Asghar Mogheiseh, Romina Karampour and Sanaz Karami
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2020 30:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Cryptorchidism is a frequent endocrinopathy in boys that has been associated with an increased risk of developing testicular cancer and infertility. The condition is curable by combined surgery and hormonal tr...

    Authors: Faruk Hadziselimovic, Gilvydas Verkauskas, Beata Vincel and Michael B. Stadler
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:18
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Numerous tests have been proposed to evaluate sperm DNA integrity. To assess the sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD) test in an andrology laboratory, twenty-five men attending Clermont-Ferrand (France) University...

    Authors: Cécile Grèze, Aline Guttmann, Hanae Pons-Rejraji, Marie-Paule Vasson, Jacqueline Lornage, Lemlih Ouchchane and Florence Brugnon
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:17
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, has been associated to severe reproductive toxicity in mammals. Although some preventive measures have been reported, curative strategies are yet to be explored. The ...

    Authors: Aimé Césaire Momo Tetsatsi, Pepin Alango Nkeng-Effouet, Désiré Munyali Alumeti, Georges Roméo Fozin Bonsou, Albert Kamanyi and Pierre Watcho
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:16
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Sleep related painful erection (SRPE) is a rare parasomnia consisting of nocturnal penile tumescence accompanied by pain that awakens the individual. Normal non-painful erections are experienced when awake. No...

    Authors: Maher Abdessater, Anthony Kanbar, Ahmed S. Zugail, Abdalla Al hammadi, Bertrand Guillonneau and Sebastien Beley
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:15
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  37. Melatonin has significant antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects in normal and oxidative stress conditions. The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of melatonin on antioxidant, hepatic, and re...

    Authors: Asghar Mogheiseh, Farzaneh Koohi, Saeed Nazifi, Aidin Shojaee Tabrizi, Pegah Taheri and Sina Salavati
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Peri orgasmic dysfunctions are very rare and little information exists on their diagnosis and treatment. One of these conditions is post-orgasmic illness syndrome (POIS), manifesting by a debilitating cluster ...

    Authors: Maher Abdessater, Sandra Elias, Elie Mikhael, Abdalla Alhammadi and Sebastien Beley
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:13
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  39. Chemical sterilization with zinc gluconate is being developed due to its permanent contraceptive effect in prepubertal dogs. In this study, five healthy adult dogs were selected randomly. Semen samples were co...

    Authors: Dorna Rafatmah, Asghar Mogheiseh and Davoud Eshghi
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:12
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  40. Men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) may have sperm in their testes and a procedure of sperm retrieval and assisted reproduction is required in them to allow fertility. Standard procedures such as fine n...

    Authors: Amin Bouker, Lazhar Halouani, Mahmoud Kharouf, Habib Latrous, Mounir Makni, Ouafi Marrakchi, Raoudha Zouari and Salima Fourati
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Overweight and obesity are known to impact male fertility and are commonly associated with abdominal obesity and metabolic disorders. The association between abdominal obesity or metabolic syndrome with male r...

    Authors: Charlotte Dupont, Céline Faure, Frederic Daoud, Benoit Gautier, Sébastien Czernichow and Rachel Lévy
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Undescended (cryptorchid) testes in patients with defective mini-puberty and low testosterone levels contain gonocytes that fail to differentiate normally, which impairs the development of Ad spermatogonia and...

    Authors: Katharina Gegenschatz-Schmid, Gilvydas Verkauskas, Michael B. Stadler and Faruk Hadziselimovic
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:8
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Congenital hyperplasia of the adrenal glands is a rare pathology, which can have an impact on male fertility. We report 2 cases of azoospermia in patients followed for a classical form of congenital adrenal hy...

    Authors: Clélia Fouques, Imène Fatfouta, Sylvie Hieronimus, Jean-Louis Sadoul and André Bongain
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:10
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  44. Fabry disease (FD) is a rare disorder caused by the deficient activity of α-galactosidase A (α-Gal A). This enzymatic deficit results in the cellular accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (GL-3 or Gb3) and relate...

    Authors: Aline Papaxanthos-Roche, Aline Maillard, Lucie Chansel-Debordeaux, Martine Albert, Catherine Patrat, Olivier Lidove, Dominique P. Germain, Paul Perez and Didier Lacombe
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Obesity is known to be associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and a resulting reduction in sperm DNA integrity. Importantly, obesity is also reported to be associated with an increase in intestinal per...

    Authors: Karma L. Pearce, Amy Hill and Kelton P. Tremellen
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. As with many other diseases, genetic testing in human azoospermia was initially restricted to karyotype analyses (leading to diagnostic chromosome rearrangement tests for Klinefelter and other syndromes). With...

    Authors: Farah Ghieh, Valérie Mitchell, Béatrice Mandon-Pepin and François Vialard
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:4
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  47. The risk of adverse cardiovascular events and mortality associated with testosterone replacement therapy is controversial. The purpose of this report was to evaluate the effect of testosterone replacement ther...

    Authors: Kevin M. Pantalone, Joyce George, Xinge Ji, Michael W. Kattan, Alex Milinovich, Janine M. Bauman, Bartolome Burguera, Robert S. Zimmerman and Anita D. Misra-Hebert
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Male infertility due to Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the sperm Flagella (MMAF), is characterized by nearly total asthenozoospermia due to the presence of a mosaic of sperm flagellar anomalies, which...

    Authors: Jean-Fabrice Nsota Mbango, Charles Coutton, Christophe Arnoult, Pierre F. Ray and Aminata Touré
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Although recent progress in cancer treatment has increased patient survival and improved quality of life, reproductive side effects are still for concern. One way to decrease gonadal impairment is to use cytop...

    Authors: João Baetas, Ana Rabaça, Ana Gonçalves, Alberto Barros, Mário Sousa and Rosália Sá
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Penile lymphangiomas are rare manifestations of lymphangiomas or lymphatic malformations which are more commonly found in the head or neck region of the body. Lymphangiomas are further categorized as lymphangi...

    Authors: Mohamed Macki, Sharath Kumar Anand, Hayan Jaratli and Ali A. Dabaja
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2019 29:1
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