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ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2022

Comprehensive review on the positive and negative effects of various important regulators on male spermatogenesis and fertility.

Hu-He Chao, Ye Zhang, Pei-Yu Dong, Sangiliyandi Gurunathan, Xi-Feng Zhang

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Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hu-He ChaoDevelopment Center for Medical Science and Technology, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China.
Ye ZhangAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Pei-Yu DongCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Sangiliyandi GurunathanCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Xi-Feng ZhangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the increasing global incidence of infertility, the influence of environmental factors, lifestyle habits, and nutrients on reproductive health has gradually attracted the attention of researchers. The quantity and quality of sperm play vital roles in male fertility, and both characteristics can be affected by external and internal factors. In this review, the potential role of genetic, environmental, and endocrine factors; nutrients and trace elements in male reproductive health, spermatozoa function, and fertility potency and the underlying mechanisms are considered to provide a theoretical basis for clinical treatment of infertility.

Indexed as

fertilitynutrientsreproductive healthspermspermatogenesis

Identifiers

PMID36726821
PMCPMC9884832

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