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SynthesisReproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E2017

The Catsper channel and its roles in male fertility: a systematic review.

Xiang-Hong Sun, Ying-Ying Zhu, Lin Wang, Hong-Ling Liu, Yong Ling, Zong-Li Li, Li-Bo Sun

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed
12.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  6. Molecular basis of the higher-order assembly of CatSper.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  9. Sperm Motility Is Modulated by FInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. SERINC4 is dispensable for male fertility and spermatogenesis in mice.American journal of translational research · 2025
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14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiang-Hong SunDepartment of pharmacy, the affiliated hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266555, China. m13210055172@163.com.
Ying-Ying ZhuDepartment of pharmacy, College of pharmacy of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Lin WangDepartment of clinical laboratory, the affiliated hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, China.
Hong-Ling LiuDepartment of pharmacy, the affiliated hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Yong LingDepartment of pharmacy, the affiliated hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Zong-Li LiDepartment of pharmacy, the affiliated hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Li-Bo SunDepartment of pharmacy, the affiliated hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Qingdao University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Catsper channel is a sperm-specific, Ca

Indexed as

Calcium SignalingAnimalsCalcium ChannelsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationInfertility, MaleMaleMiceSpermatozoaCalcium ChannelsCa2+ signalCatsper channelMale infertilityMedicine

Identifiers

PMID28810916
PMCPMC5558725
OpenAlexW2750248999

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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