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ReviewHeliyon2024

Pathophysiology and management of testicular ischemia/reperfusion injury: Lessons from animal models.

R E Akhigbe, A F Odetayo, T M Akhigbe, M A Hamed, P J Ashonibare

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Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
12.0field-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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Eucalyptol attenuates testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025
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  20. Effects of melatonin on the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling genes in hypoxic Leydig cells.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2024
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

R E AkhigbeDepartment of Physiology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.
A F OdetayoReproductive Biology and Toxicology Research Laboratory, Oasis of Grace Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.
T M AkhigbeReproductive Biology and Toxicology Research Laboratory, Oasis of Grace Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.
M A HamedReproductive Biology and Toxicology Research Laboratory, Oasis of Grace Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.
P J AshonibareDepartment of Physiology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Osun State University · NGAfe Babalola University · NGUniversity of Ilorin · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular torsion is a urological emergency that involves the twisting of the spermatic cord along its course. Compelling pieces of evidence have implicated oxidative stress-sensitive signaling in pathogenesis of testicular I/R injury. Although, surgical detorsion is the mainstay management; blockade of the pathways involved in the pathogenesis may improve the surgical outcome. Experimental studies using various testicular I/R models have been reported in a bid to explore the mechanisms associated with testicular I/R and evaluate the benefits of potential therapeutic measures; however, most are limited by their shortcomings. Thus, this review was intended to describe the details of the available testicular I/R models as well as their merits and drawbacks, the pathophysiological basis and consequences of testicular I/R, and the pharmacological agents that have being proposed to confer testicular benefits against testicular I/R. This provides an understanding of the pathophysiological events and available models used in studying testicular I/R. In addition, this research provides evidence-based molecules with therapeutic potentials as well as their mechanisms of action in testicular I/R.

Indexed as

InfertilityIschemiaReperfusionSpermTesticular torsionTestis

Identifiers

PMID38694115
PMCPMC11058307
OpenAlexW4394984812

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