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Environmental Contaminant Accumulation in Freshwater Turtles Inhabiting Three Rivers of the Permian Basin, New Mexico, USA

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are valuable sentinels of aquatic systems due to their long lifespans and resilience in environments impacted by contaminants. The Permian Basin, dominated by the oil and gas sector, spans western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA, including the Pecos River and its tributaries, the Delaware and Black Rivers.
Ana G. G. Sapp, W. Gregory Cope, Christopher E. Moorman, Frank X. Weber, Ivana Mali   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synergistic Toxicity of Low‐Concentration Metal Mixture on Male Rats: Reproductive, Renal, and Hepatic Effects

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mining plays a crucial role in economic development, but improper management can lead to severe environmental degradation. Particularly for iron ore, mining generates vast amounts of tailings often stored in unstable dams. This study aims to investigate the toxicological impacts of environmentally relevant concentrations of metals mixture ...
Kalinka Helóra Gomes de Almeida, Thalita Tofanin Sargiani D'Assumpção, Ana Priscila Gomes Silva, Carolina Rocha Moreira de Oliveira, Tailisi Hoppe Trevizani, Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira, Lucas Buruaem Moreira, Juliana Elaine Perobelli   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intrasurgical Seminiferous Tubular Diameter Correlates with Total Motile Sperm Count in Azoospermia: a Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

Reprod Sci, 2022
Amer M, GamalEl Din SF, Zeidan A, Adel A, Elsisi I, Fakhry E, Sadek AR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Juvenile and Pubertal Exposure to Polystyrene Nanoplastics Impairs Epididymal Structure and Sperm Quality in Mice

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nanoplastics (NPs) are emerging environmental contaminants capable of crossing biological barriers, accumulating in tissues, and disrupting physiological pathways. The male reproductive system is particularly vulnerable during the postnatal period, a developmental window characterized by intense testicular differentiation and epididymal ...
Gabriel Magalhães Oliveira Rigo, Nicoly Caixêta Gonçalves, Cristiana Livramento Oliveira Pinto, Patrícia Corona Lopes, Raul Silva Santarem, Juliana Reis Machado, Régia Caroline Peixoto Lira, Ana Paula Ramos, Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Hugo Felix Perini, Gláucia Eloisa Munhoz de Lion Siervo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protective Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract Tribulus terrestris on Cisplatin Cytotoxicity on Sperm Viability and Count in Mice

Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2014
Background: Cisplatin is an anti-cancer drug used in chemotherapy. The side effects of this drug include anoretic, nausea, decrease in genital gland function, azoospermia and oligospermia.
Z Keshtmand, Sh Oryan, A Ghanbari, M Khazaee   +3 more
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Effect of Propylparaben on In Vitro Maturation of Porcine Oocytes and Embryo Development

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parabens are synthetic chemicals that, due to their antibacterial and fungicidal effects, are widely used as preservatives in food, cosmetics, and personal care products, such as shampoos, hair conditioners, body creams, soaps, deodorants, makeup, wet wipes, lotions, female hygiene products, and vaginal lubricants. Several years ago, they were
Elivier Núñez‐Macías, Fahiel Casillas, Yenny Ramírez‐Jara, Eduardo Casas, Alma López, Adyeni Barajas‐Salinas, Jaime Barraza, Brenda Casado, Ivan Bahena‐Ocampo, Lizbeth Juárez‐Rojas, Miguel Betancourt   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sperm count is increased by diet-induced weight loss and maintained by exercise or GLP-1 analogue treatment: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

Hum Reprod, 2022
Andersen E, Juhl CR, Kjøller ET, Lundgren JR, Janus C, Dehestani Y, Saupstad M, Ingerslev LR, Duun OM, Jensen SBK, Holst JJ, Stallknecht BM, Madsbad S, Torekov SS, Barrès R.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prevalence of HCMV, HHV‐6, and HSV‐1/2 in the semen of men attending infertility clinics and their association with semen parameters

UroPrecision, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Viral infections have been identified as potential disruptors of male reproductive health. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV‐6), and herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV‐1/2) DNA in semen samples from fertile and infertile men within the potential impact of ...
Seyedeh Zahra Hashemi, Neda Pirbonyeh, Fahime Edalat, Narges Eslami, Saeed Tajik, Arash Letafati, Jamal Sarvari, Afagh Moattari   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A 1-bp deletion in bovine QRICH2 causes low sperm count and immotile sperm with multiple morphological abnormalities. [PDF]

Genet Sel Evol, 2022
Hiltpold M, Janett F, Mapel XM, Kadri NK, Fang ZH, Schwarzenbacher H, Seefried FR, Spengeler M, Witschi U, Pausch H.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Quantification of steroid hormones in free‐ranging Apennine wolf Canis lupus italicus hair samples collected post‐mortem

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
After decades of dramatic reductions in their populations, Italian wolves have begun recolonizing parts of their historic range. This growth in populations can lead to potential conflicts with human activities, which remain the main cause of wolf mortality.
Ilaria Troisio, Carmela Musto, Nicola Acquisti Casi, Nadia Govoni, Giuseppe Merialdi, Domenico Ventrella, Alberto Elmi, Mauro Delogu, Maria Laura Bacci   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source