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ReviewAging and disease2025

Exploring the Mechanisms of Testicular Aging: Advances in Biomarker Research.

Wenkang Chen, Hede Zou, Haoran Xu, Rui Cao, Yapeng Zhang, Yongjie Ma, Wei Lin, Hekun Zhang, Jiayou Zhao

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Review in Aging and disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Wenkang ChenGraduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hede ZouGraduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Haoran XuGraduate School of Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, China.
Rui CaoGraduate School of Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, China.
Yapeng ZhangGraduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yongjie MaGraduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wei LinGraduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hekun ZhangGraduate School of Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, China.
Jiayou ZhaoGraduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging biomarkers quantify aging progression and provide actionable targets for therapeutic interventions to mitigate age-related decline. This review synthesizes emerging evidence on testicular aging biomarkers, focusing on cellular senescence (Leydig, Sertoli, and endothelial cells), protein homeostasis disruption, mitochondrial dysfunction, germ stem cell depletion, sperm telomere length, epigenetic alterations, oxidative stress, inflammation, and gut microbiota dysbiosis. We propose that testicular aging serves as a critical nexus linking reproductive decline with systemic aging processes, with its pathological progression being quantifiable through specific biomarkers including the Leydig, Sertoli, and endothelial cells, INSL3, ribosomal protein RPL39L, sperm telomere length, relative telomere length mitochondrial translocator protein, and sialic acid. By bridging systemic aging paradigms with testis-specific mechanisms, we emphasize the urgency to identify organ-selective biomarkers for targeted interventions, advancing strategies to preserve male fertility and address population aging challenges.

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AgingBiomarkersTestisAnimalsCellular SenescenceHumansMaleOxidative StressBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID40153586
PMCPMC12834421

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