ReviewBasic and clinical andrology2021
Extra-cellular vesicles of the male genital tract: new actors in male fertility?
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Seminal Extracellular Vesicles as Molecular Modulators of Male Reproductive Function.Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene · 2026Review
- Relationship between Prostate Cancer and Benign Hyperplasia: Role of Inflammation-Induced Oxidative Stress, Vitamin C, and Epigenetics.The world journal of men's health · 2026Review
- Amniotic mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles improve sperm motility in aged stallions.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Engineered extracellular vesicles: a breakthrough approach to overcoming sperm cryopreservation challenges.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025Review
- The immunomodulatory role of seminal plasma in endometrial receptivity and embryo implantation.American journal of clinical and experimental immunology · 2025Review
- A Size-Exclusion Chromatography-Based Procedure for Isolating Extracellular Vesicle Subsets from Porcine Seminal Plasma.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Relevance of multilamellar and multicompartmental vesicles in biological fluids: understanding the significance of proportional variations and disease correlation.Biomarker research · 2023Review
- Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted Approaches to Reveal Diagnostic Signatures of Male Infertility in Seminal Plasma: A New Laboratory Perspective for the Clinical Management of Infertility?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Diversity of Extracellular Vesicles in Human Follicular Fluid: Morphological Analysis and Quantification.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- The role of extracellular vesicles in animal reproduction and diseases.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2022Review
- Impact of Endocrine Disruptors upon Non-Genetic Inheritance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) are membrane-limited particles containing proteins, lipids, metabolites and nucleic acids that are secreted by healthy and cancerous cells. These vesicles are very heterogeneous in size and content and mediate a variety of biological functions. Three subtypes of EV have been described in the male genital tract: microvesicles, myelinosomes and exosomes. Each type of EVs depends on the location of secretion such as the testis, prostate or epididymis. It has been shown that EVs can fuse together and deliver information to recipient cells, for example spermatozoa in the male genital tract. Cryo-electron microscopy remains the reference technique for determining EV morphology, but quantifying the absolute concentration of these EVs in biological fluids remains a challenge from a clinical point of view. The field of bio detection has considerably increased with the introduction of nanomaterials in biosensors and will provide a better understanding of the impact of these EVs. However, functional modifications of male gametes result from interactions with the components of the intraluminal fluid all along the genital tract and depend on the secretion and absorption of proteins and lipids from the local microenvironment. We cannot therefore exclude the possibility of epigenetic modulation of the information that will be transmitted to the embryo and therefore to the next generation via EVs.
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