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Transl Androl Urol
December 2024
Center for Reproductive Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Background: Para-phenylenediamine (PPD) is a crystalline solid that belongs to the aromatic amine group, widely used in the manufacturing of various dyes. PPD exhibits toxic effects on female hormone stability, ovarian function, and embryo development. Although studies have shown that PPD exposure can damage oocyte quality in female mice, research on its effects on male reproductive capability, particularly on human sperm quality and function, is limited.
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January 2025
Department of Maternal‑Fetal Biology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, 157‑8535, Japan.
Background: DNA methylation plays a crucial role in mammalian development. While methylome changes acquired in the parental genomes are believed to be erased by epigenetic reprogramming, accumulating evidence suggests that methylome changes in sperm caused by environmental factors are involved in the disease phenotypes of the offspring. These findings imply that acquired sperm methylome changes are transferred to the embryo after epigenetic reprogramming.
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December 2024
Department of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Manual semen evaluation methods are subjective and time-consuming. In this study, a deep learning algorithmic framework was designed to enable non-invasive multidimensional morphological analysis of live sperm in motion, improve current clinical sperm morphology testing methods, and significantly contribute to the advancement of assisted reproductive technologies. We improved the FairMOT tracking algorithm by incorporating the distance and angle of the same sperm head movement in adjacent frames, as well as the head target detection frame IOU value, into the cost function of the Hungarian matching algorithm.
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December 2024
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Antonio Nariño, Popayán, Colombia. Electronic address:
Despite Latin America's rich biodiversity, active genetic material conservation programs are scarce. This study investigates potential freezability markers in both sperm and seminal plasma (SP) in Chino Santandereano, a Colombian Creole breed. Thirty ejaculates from ten Chino Santandereano bulls were cryopreserved and subsequently classified as of good (GFE) or poor (PFE) freezability according to their post-thaw total sperm motility (TMOT) and plasma membrane integrity (PMI).
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January 2025
Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory (LR16IRA04), Arid Lands Institute, University of Gabès, Médenine 4119, Tunisia.
Camels () are seasonal short-day breeders, regulated by photoperiod and melatonin secretion. However, no studies have explored melatonin levels in camel seminal plasma or their relationship with testosterone, age, or climatic factors, nor is it known whether melatonin receptors exist in camel spermatozoa to respond to seminal melatonin. This study aimed to analyze melatonin levels in camel seminal plasma and its specific receptors in spermatozoa.
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