Metabolic syndrome is associated with increased seminal inflammatory cytokines and reproductive dysfunction in a case-controlled male cohort

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 155-163

  Leisegang, Kristian ^a   Bouic, Patrick J D ^b   Henkel, Ralf R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Stellenbosch University Synexa Life Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cytokines; inflammation; male fertility; metabolic syndrome; semen parameters

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 84978291127     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12529     Document Type: Article

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