Publications by authors named "Cristina Fiori"
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- - A study during the COVID-19 pandemic focused on why men experienced more severe disease outcomes, specifically examining the androgen receptor gene and hormone levels in male patients.
- - Researchers analyzed 142 male patients who had recovered from COVID-19, discovering that an increase in CAG repeats in the androgen receptor gene correlated with worse disease severity and that testosterone levels were notably lower in more severe cases.
- - The findings suggest that reduced androgen signaling in men, indicated by higher CAG repeats and lower testosterone, may increase their risk of experiencing severe symptoms due to heightened inflammatory responses, potentially leading to multi-organ damage.
Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant that has been considered involved in fertility, but studies have mostly focused on α-tocopherol. Our study aimed at measuring, by an isotope dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method, α- and γ-tocopherol concentration in human semen in a large and well-characterised population (134 men with different semen parameters and in varicocele patients), as well as their potential role in male fertility. We carried out freeze/thaw experiments in 15 samples with the two isomers in the cryoprotective medium.
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