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The adverse effects of obesity on male reproductive function are mainly manifested as the abnormal development of the reproductive system, decrease of testosterone level, decline of sperm quality, and impact on the health of offspring, while its regulatory mechanism is far from being clarified. This paper expounds the influence of obesity on the male reproductive system in the aspects of population epidemiology and animal experiments, presents an overview on the action mechanisms of obesity from the perspectives of the hypothalamus-pituitary-testis axis, blood-testis barrier, inflammatory reaction, oxidative stress, testicular germ cell apoptosis, and impact of paternal obesity on the health of offspring, aiming to shed some light on the clinical treatment and prevention of obesity-related male reproductive dysfunction.
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Acta Parasitol
September 2025
Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Purpose: Taenia pisiformis cysticerci have been reported in the female reproductive tract of rabbits, and this parasitosis is known to alter reproductive behavior and reduce embryo implantation; however, tissue-based studies relating the immune system to the implantation site during infection have not been previously addressed. Therefore, our research provides new information on the interaction between pregnancy and parasitic infection.
Methods: This study evaluated the recruitment of immune cells in uterine tissue during T.
Gut Microbes
December 2025
Clinical Microbiome Unit, Laboratory of Host Immunity and Microbiome, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Parity, the number of pregnancies carried beyond 20 weeks, influences the maternal gut microbiome. However, whether parity modulates the infant microbiome longitudinally remains underexplored. To address this, 746 infants in a longitudinal cohort study were assessed.
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September 2025
Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental sciences, University of Milan, Italy - Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Aim: Maintaining oral health and preventing dental caries are crucial for overall well-being and quality of life, especially during childhood. Parental knowledge and practices play a key role in shaping children's oral health. This pilot study investigates parental knowledge and attitudes towards children's oral health and preventive practices.
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September 2025
Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), caused by pathogenic variants in the survival motor neuron (SMN) gene, is the most common genetic cause of mortality in children under the age of two. Prior reports of obstetric sonograms performed in pregnancies with severe forms of fetal SMA have discrepant findings that may stem from a failure to account for the SMN2 copy number.
Methods: We present a neonate diagnosed with SMA type 0 postnatally (0SMN1/1SMN2 genotype).
Am J Primatol
September 2025
Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Goeldi's monkey (Callimico goeldii, the lone species in this genus) shows an array of characteristics that are typical for both New World primate families, the Cebidae and the Callitrichidae, and as such their taxonomic classification has remained in question. Based on DNA, the genus Callimico is regarded as a member of the monophyletic group of clawed New World monkeys (Callitrichidae). Callitrichids, as a rule, give birth to twins, which are blood chimeras due to placental blood vessel anastomoses.
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