Andrology

Article	Citations
Low testosterone levels predict clinical adverse outcomes in SARS‐CoV‐2 pneumonia patients	253
Absence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in semen of a COVID‐19 patient cohort	119
No detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 from urine, expressed prostatic secretions, and semen in 74 recovered COVID‐19 male patients: A perspective and urogenital evaluation	111
Worse progression of COVID‐19 in men: Is testosterone a key factor?	101
Severely low testosterone in males with COVID‐19: A case‐control study	99
European academy of andrology guidelines on Klinefelter Syndrome Endorsing Organization: European Society of Endocrinology	82
The semen microbiome and its impact on sperm function and male fertility: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	76
COVID‐19 and human spermatozoa—Potential risks for infertility and sexual transmission?	68
“Mask up to keep it up”: Preliminary evidence of the association between erectile dysfunction and COVID‐19	65
Distribution of semen examination results 2020 – A follow up of data collated for the WHO semen analysis manual 2010	63
Short‐term effects of COVID‐19 on semen parameters: A multicenter study of 69 cases	59
Why does COVID‐19 kill more elderly men than women? Is there a role for testosterone?	54
Testosterone in males with COVID‐19: A 7‐month cohort study	53
SARS‐CoV‐2, testosterone and frailty in males (PROTEGGIMI): A multidimensional research project	53
Testosterone, mood, behaviour and quality of life	52
The relationship of serum testosterone levels with the clinical course and prognosis of COVID‐19 disease in male patients: A prospective study	49
The European Academy of Andrology (EAA) ultrasound study on healthy, fertile men: Scrotal ultrasound reference ranges and associations with clinical, seminal, and biochemical characteristics	46
SARS‐CoV‐2 presence in seminal fluid: Myth or reality	45
Testicular pathology in fatal COVID‐19: A descriptive autopsy study	44
Health and health care access in the US transgender population health (TransPop) survey	42
Exploring the role of gut microbiome in male reproduction	41
Effects of brominated and organophosphate ester flame retardants on male reproduction	40
Targeting the NO‐cGMP‐PDE5 pathway in COVID‐19 infection. The DEDALO project	39
The European Academy of Andrology (EAA) ultrasound study on healthy, fertile men: clinical, seminal and biochemical characteristics	35
Effects of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection on male sex‐related hormones in recovering patients	35

Critical evaluation of different available guidelines for late‐onset hypogonadism	35
Prospective two‐arm study of the testicular function in patients with COVID‐19	32
SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic and repercussions for male infertility patients: A proposal for the individualized provision of andrological services	32
Long‐term effect of gender‐affirming hormone treatment on depression and anxiety symptoms in transgender people: A prospective cohort study	31
SARS‐CoV‐2 and its relationship with the genitourinary tract: Implications for male reproductive health in the context of COVID‐19 pandemic	31
Seminal human papillomavirus infection and reproduction: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	31
SARS‐CoV‐2 in the semen: Where does it come from?	30
In utero exposure to low doses of genistein and di‐(2‐ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) alters innate immune cells in neonatal and adult rat testes	28
Human sperm vitrification: A scientific report	28
Covid‐19 vaccination BNT162b2 temporarily impairs semen concentration and total motile count among semen donors	26
Sperm quality in transgender women before or after gender affirming hormone therapy—A prospective cohort study	25
Developmental underpinnings of spermatogonial stem cell establishment	24
Erectile and sexual dysfunction in male and female patients with celiac disease: A cross‐sectional observational study	24
Penile inversion vaginoplasty outcomes: Complications and satisfaction	24
Are sperm parameters able to predict the success of assisted reproductive technology? A retrospective analysis of over 22,000 assisted reproductive technology cycles	24
Testicular ultrasound score: A new proposal for a scoring system to predict testicular function	24
Dietary supplementation with a novel l‐carnitine multi‐micronutrient in idiopathic male subfertility involving oligo‐, astheno‐, teratozoospermia: A randomized clinical study	23
Varicocoele and oxidative stress: New perspectives from animal and human studies	23
Male factor infertility trends throughout the last 10 years: Report from a tertiary‐referral academic andrology centre	23
Coronavirus: A possible cause of reduced male fertility	23
The association between cannabis use and testicular function in men: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	22
Restoration of functional sperm production in irradiated pubertal rhesus monkeys by spermatogonial stem cell transplantation	22
Resveratrol improves sperm DNA quality and reproductive capacity in type 1 diabetes	22
The environmental and occupational influence of pesticides on male fertility: A systematic review of human studies	21
Somatotropic‐Testicular Axis: A crosstalk between GH/IGF‐I and gonadal hormones during development, transition, and adult age	21
The association of free testosterone levels with coronavirus disease 2019	20
4BNT162b2 mRNA COVID‐19 vaccine and semen: What do we know?	20
COVID‐19 and male infertility: An update	20
The impact of diabetes mellitus type 1 on male fertility: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	20
Differential effects of testosterone on circulating neutrophils, monocytes, and platelets in men: Findings from two trials	20
Late‐onset Hypogonadism: Bone health	18
Triglyceride‐Glucose Index (TyG) is associated with erectile dysfunction: A cross‐sectional study	18
Clomiphene citrate for men with hypogonadism: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	18
MicroRNA‐targeting in spermatogenesis: Over‐expressions of microRNA‐23a/b‐3p and its affected targeting of the genes ODF2 and UBQLN3 in spermatozoa of patients with oligoasthenozoospermi	18
Orlistat attenuates obesity‐induced decline in steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis by up‐regulating steroidogenic genes	18
Metabolomic signature of the seminal plasma in men with severe oligoasthenospermia	18
Li‐ESWT treatment reduces inflammation, oxidative stress, and pain via the PI3K/AKT/FOXO1 pathway in autoimmune prostatitis rat models	18
It is currently unknown whether SARS‐CoV‐2 is viable in semen or whether COVID‐19 damages spermatozoa	18
Postpubertal spermatogonial stem cell transplantation restores functional sperm production in rhesus monkeys irradiated before and after puberty	17
Testosterone in males with COVID‐19: a 12‐month cohort study	17
Over‐expression of hsa_circ_0000116 in patients with non‐obstructive azoospermia and its predictive value in testicular sperm retrieval	17
Differential impact of four sperm preparation techniques on sperm motility, morphology, DNA fragmentation, acrosome status, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial activity: A prospective study	17
Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor is expressed in human and rodent testis	16
Late‐onset hypogonadism: Reductio ad absurdum of the cardiovascular risk‐benefit of testosterone replacement therapy	16
De novo mutations in idiopathic male infertility—A pilot study	16
Seminal exosomal miR‐210‐3p as a potential marker of Sertoli cell damage in Varicocele	16
Sperm miR‐26a‐5p and its target PTEN transcripts content in men with unexplained infertility	16
Is there a role for glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists in the treatment of male infertility?	15
Hsp90 interacts with Cdc37, is phosphorylated by PKA/PKC, and regulates Src phosphorylation in human sperm capacitation	15
miRNAs and radiotherapy response in prostate cancer	15

Historical trends for the standards in scrotal ultrasonography: What was, what is and what will be normal	15
Variables affecting long‐term usage rate of sperm samples cryopreserved for fertility preservation in cancer patients	15
The future direction of imaging in prostate cancer: MRI with or without contrast injection	15
Clomiphene citrate for male infertility: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	14
p53 and MDM2 expression in primary and metastatic testicular germ cell tumors: Association with clinical outcome	14
Blood plasma miR‐20a‐5p expression as a potential non‐invasive diagnostic biomarker of male infertility: A pilot study	14
Testosterone positively regulates functional responses and nitric oxide expression in the isolated human corpus cavernosum	14
Tsga10 is essential for arrangement of mitochondrial sheath and male fertility in mice	14
Current status of the COVID‐19 and male reproduction: A review of the literature	14
JAK2 deficiency improves erectile function in diabetic mice through attenuation of oxidative stress, apoptosis, and fibrosis	14
The management of erectile dysfunction in men with diabetes mellitus unresponsive to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors	14
Type 2 diabetes mellitus increases risk of erectile dysfunction independent of obesity and dyslipidemia: A Mendelian randomization study	13
Role of testosterone in cognition and mobility of aging men	13
Vasectomy utilization in men aged 18–45 declined between 2002 and 2017: Results from the United States National Survey for Family Growth data	13
Phytoestrogen intake and other dietary risk factors for low motile sperm count and poor sperm morphology	13
Icariin modulates eNOS activity via effect on post‐translational protein‐protein interactions to improve erectile function of spontaneously hypertensive rats	13
Phospholipase C zeta profiles are indicative of optimal sperm parameters and fertilisation success in patients undergoing fertility treatment	13
Impact of psychological stress measured in three different scales on testis function: A cross‐sectional study of 1362 young men	13
Effects of diet and antihyperglycemic drugs on erectile dysfunction: A systematic review	13
Sexual health after vaginoplasty: A systematic review	13
Prevalence and determinants of radiological vertebral fractures in patients with Klinefelter syndrome	13
Improvement of sperm morphology after surgical varicocele repair	13
The penile duplex ultrasound: How and when to perform it?	13
Fertility outcomes and predictors for successful sperm retrieval and pregnancy in 327 azoospermic men with a history of cryptorchidism who underwent microdissection testicular sperm extraction	13
Retrograde ejaculation after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP)—Impact on sexual function and evaluation of patient bother using validated questionnaires	12
Effect and in silico characterization of genetic variants associated with severe spermatogenic disorders in a large Iberian cohort	12
6‐nitrodopamine is a major endogenous modulator of human vas deferens contractility	12
Risk of health status worsening in primary infertile men: A prospective 10‐year follow‐up study	12
Clinical use of hyaluronic acid in andrology: A review	12
Low androgen status inhibits erectile function by increasing pyroptosis in rat corpus cavernosum	12
The European Academy of Andrology (EAA) ultrasound study on healthy, fertile men: An overview on male genital tract ultrasound reference ranges	12
Infertile couples still undergo assisted reproductive treatments without initial andrological evaluation in the real‐life setting: A failure to adhere to guidelines?	12
The role of miR‐128‐3p through MAPK14 activation in the apoptosis of GC2 spermatocyte cell line following heat stress	12
The role of scrotal ultrasonography from infancy to puberty	12
Berberine ameliorates erectile dysfunction in rats with streptozotocin‐induced diabetes mellitus through the attenuation of apoptosis by inhibiting the SPHK1/S1P/S1PR2 and MAPK pathways	12
RUBIC (ReproUnion Biobank and Infertility Cohort): A binational clinical foundation to study risk factors, life course, and treatment of infertility and infertility‐related morbidity	12
Regional and ethnic differences in semen quality and reproductive hormones in Russia: A Siberian population‐based cohort study of young men	11
Diagnostic accuracy of physical examination compared with color Doppler ultrasound in the determination of varicocele diagnosis and grading: Impact of urologists’ experience	11
The impact of metabolically healthy obesity in primary infertile men: Results from a cross‐sectional study	11
Use of contrast enhanced ultrasound in testicular diseases: A comprehensive review	11
Semen endocannabinoids are correlated to sperm quality in a cohort of 200 young Swiss men	11
When to ask for an MRI of the scrotum	11
The impact of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for the treatment of young patients with vasculogenic mild erectile dysfunction: A prospective randomized single‐blind, sham controlled study	11
Fertility potential in adult men treated for uncorrected bilateral cryptorchidism: A systematic literature review and analysis of case reports	11
Semen quality and waiting time to pregnancy explored using association mining	11
The metastatic potential of seminomatous germ cell tumours is associated with a specific microRNA pattern	11
Male reproductive system inflammation after healing from coronavirus disease 2019	11
Whole‐genome sequencing identifies new candidate genes for nonobstructive azoospermia	10
Impact of vitamin D deficiency on mouse sperm structure and function	10
Hepatitis B virus surface protein induces sperm dysfunction through the activation of a Bcl2/Bax signaling cascade triggering AIF/Endo G–mediated apoptosis	10
Extracellular vesicles from human urine‐derived stem cells merged in hyaluronic acid ameliorate erectile dysfunction in type 2 diabetic rats by glans administration	10
Imaging in gynecomastia	10
A comparative analysis of human adult testicular cells expressing stem Leydig cell markers in the interstitium, vasculature, and peritubular layer	10
Bariatric surgery has positive effects on patients’ and their partners’ sexual function: A prospective study	10
Testis‐specific serine kinase 3 is required for sperm morphogenesis and male fertility	10
Testosterone therapy in diabetes and pre‐diabetes	10
The impact of different WHO reference criteria for semen analysis in clinical practice: Who will benefit from the new 2021 thresholds for normal semen parameters?	10
The COVID‐19 pandemics: Shall we expect andrological consequences? A call for contributions to ANDROLOGY	10
The symptomatic burden of Peyronie's disease at presentation according to patient age: A critical analysis of the Peyronie's disease questionnaire (PDQ) domains	10
A higher preconceptional paternal body mass index influences fertilization rate and preimplantation embryo development	10
Low BMI, but not high BMI, influences the timing of puberty in boys	10
Paratesticular lesions: Aetiology and appearances on ultrasound	10
Altered mitochondrial function in spermatozoa from patients with repetitive fertilization failure after ICSI revealed by proteomics	10
Intra‐cavernous injection of BOTOX® (50 and 100 Units) for treatment of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction: Randomized controlled trial	10
Does sperm origin—Ejaculated or testicular—Affect embryo morphokinetic parameters?	10
Prevalence of CBAVD in azoospermic men carrying pathogenic CFTR mutations ‐ Evaluated in a cohort of 639 non‐vasectomized azoospermic men	10
Role of small RNAs harbored by sperm in embryonic development and offspring phenotype	9
Stage‐specific embryonic antigen 4 is a membrane marker for enrichment of porcine spermatogonial stem cells	9
Identifying neuroimaging biomarkers for psychogenic erectile dysfunction by fusing multi‐level brain information: A resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging study	9
Identification of hub biomarkers and exploring the roles of immunity, M6A, ferroptosis, or cuproptosis in rats with diabetic erectile dysfunction	9
Varicocoele. Classification and pitfalls	9
Very low‐calorie ketogenic diet rapidly augments testosterone levels in non‐diabetic obese subjects	9
Reproductive health risks and clinician practices with gender diverse adolescents and young adults	9
Is there a temporal trend in semen quality in Belgian candidate sperm donors and in sperm donors’ fertility potential from 1995 onwards?	9
Erectile dysfunction in hyperuricemia: A prevalence meta‐analysis and meta‐regression study	9
MiRNA biomarkers in cancers of the male reproductive system: Are we approaching clinical application?	9
The role of androgens in clitorophallus development and possible applications to transgender patients	9
Is there a role for 5α‐reductase inhibitors in transgender individuals?	9
Efficacy and safety of letrozole or anastrozole in the treatment of male infertility with low testosterone‐estradiol ratio: A meta‐analysis and systematic review	9
Sperm DNA methylation changes after short‐term nut supplementation in healthy men consuming a Western‐style diet	9

Combination of fetuin and trehalose in presence of low glycerol has beneficial effects on freeze‐thawed ram spermatozoa	9
Three‐dimensional structure of testis cords in mice and rats	9
Low androgen status inhibits erectile function by inducing eNOS uncoupling in rat corpus cavernosum	9
Fertility preservation and sperm donation in transgender individuals: The current situation within the French CECOS network	9
COVID‐19 and male reproduction: Current research and unknown factors	9
Paeonol ameliorates diabetic erectile dysfunction by inhibiting HMGB1/RAGE/NF‐kB pathway	8
Pantoprazole, a proton‐pump inhibitor, impairs human sperm motility and capacitation in vitro	8
Association of age, hormonal, and lifestyle factors with the Leydig cell biomarker INSL3 in aging men from the European Male Aging Study cohort	8
Supplementation of Mito TEMPO and acetovanillone in semen extender improves freezability of buffalo spermatozoa	8
Role of multiparametric ultrasound in testicular focal lesions and diffuse pathology evaluation, with particular regard to elastography: Review of literature	8
DNA damage in testicular germ cells and spermatozoa. When and how is it induced? How should we measure it? What does it mean?	8
GC‐MS‐based metabolic signatures reveal comparative steroidogenic pathways between fetal and adult mouse testes	8
Reflections on the T Trials	8
Effects of platelet‐rich plasma on spermatogenesis and hormone production in an experimental testicular torsion model	8
Low‐intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy for diabetic men with erectile dysfunction: A systematic scoping review	8
Controversial aspects of testosterone in the regulation of sexual function in late‐onset hypogonadism	8
Multilevel approach to male fertility by machine learning highlights a hidden link between haematological and spermatogenetic cells	8
How genetic defects in piRNA trimming contribute to male infertility	8
Addiction and human male fertility: A systematic review and a critical appraisal	8
Rates of hypogonadism forms in Klinefelter patients undergoing testicular sperm extraction: A multicenter cross‐sectional study	8
Conventional ICSI vs. physiological selection of spermatozoa for ICSI (picsi) in sibling oocytes	8
A novel flavonoid derivative of icariside II improves erectile dysfunction in a rat model of cavernous nerve injury	8
Effect of COVID‐19 infection on the erectile function	8
A new oral testosterone (TLANDO) treatment regimen without dose titration requirement for male hypogonadism	8
Late‐onset hypogonadism a challenging task for the andrology field	8
Is the primary AZFc duplication a potential risk for male infertility?: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	8
Association of testosterone therapy with disease progression in older males with COVID‐19	8
Relationship between male age, semen parameters and assisted reproductive technology outcomes	8
Primary organic versus primary psychogenic erectile dysfunction: Findings from a real‐life cross‐sectional study	8
Growth, growth potential, and influences on adult height in the transgender and gender‐diverse population	8
Intracavernous delivery of Dickkopf3 gene or peptide rescues erectile function through enhanced cavernous angiogenesis in the diabetic mouse	7
Ferroptosis is involved in corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells impairment in diabetes mellitus‐induced erectile dysfunction	7
The miRNAs involved in prostate cancer chemotherapy response as chemoresistance and chemosensitivity predictors	7
Novel hydrogen‐producing Si‐based agent reduces oxidative stress, and improves sperm motility and in vitro fertilization rate in varicocoele	7
The European Academy of Andrology (EAA) ultrasound study on healthy, fertile men: Prostate‐vesicular transrectal ultrasound reference ranges and associations with clinical, seminal and biochemical cha	7
Altered non‐coding RNA profiles of seminal plasma extracellular vesicles of men with poor semen quality undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment	7
Can a sperm selection technique improve embryo ploidy?	7
Testicular torsion–detorsion causes dysfunction of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation	7
Use of mini‐incision microdissection testicular sperm extraction in men with cryptozoospermia and non‐obstructive azoospermia	7
Spermatozoa retrieval in azoospermia and expression profile of JMJD1A, TNP2, and PRM2 in a subset of the Karachi population	7
Two subsequent seminal productions: A good strategy to treat very severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermic infertile couples	7
Neutralizing antibody to proNGF rescues erectile function by regulating the expression of neurotrophic and angiogenic factors in a mouse model of cavernous nerve injury	7
TNF‐α inhibits GDNF levels in Sertoli cells, through a NF‐κB‐dependent, HES1‐dependent mechanism	7
Improving standard practices in studies using results from basic human semen examination	7
Prevalence of congenital cryptorchidism in Estonia	7
Influence of circulating testosterone concentration on sperm cryoresistance: The ibex as an experimental model	7
Male seminal parameters are not associated with Leydig cell functional capacity in men	7
DNA fragmentation of human spermatozoa: Simple assessment of single‐ and double‐strand DNA breaks and their respective dynamic behavioral response	7
Proteomic changes in human spermatozoa during in vitro capacitation and acrosome reaction in normozoospermia and asthenozoospermia	7
Safety and efficacy of botulinum neurotoxin in the treatment of erectile dysfunction refractory to phosphodiesterase inhibitors: Results of a randomized controlled trial	7
Association between latent toxoplasmosis and fertility parameters of men	7
Venlafaxine‐induced damage to seminiferous epithelium, spermiation, and sperm parameters in rats: A correlation with high estrogen levels	7
Intrasurgical parameters associated with successful sperm retrieval in patients with non‐obstructive azoospermia undergoing salvage microdissection testicular sperm extraction	7
Antioxidant effect of Elamipretide on bull's sperm cells during freezing/thawing process	7
Impact of chronic vitamin A excess on sperm morphogenesis in mice	7
Short anogenital distance is associated with testicular germ cell tumour development	7
Assessment of the architecture and integrity of frozen‐thawed testicular tissue from (pre)pubertal boys with cancer	7
Sperm‐oviduct interactions: Key factors for sperm survival and maintenance of sperm fertilizing capacity	7
The protein YWHAE (14‐3‐3 epsilon) in spermatozoa is essential for male fertility	7
Association between obstructive sleep apnea and male serum testosterone: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	7
Disorganization of claudin‐11 and dysfunction of the blood‐testis barrier during puberty in a cryptorchid rat model	7
Data from 14,597 penile measurements of vietnamese men	7
Evaluation of miR‐371a‐3p to predict viable germ cell tumor in patients with pure seminoma receiving retroperitoneal lymph node dissection	7
Vapour fast freezing with low semen volumes can highly improve motility and viability or DNA quality of cryopreserved human spermatozoa	7
Performance and safety of treatment options for erectile dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury: A review of the literature	7
Unravelling how in vitro capacitation alters ram sperm chromatin before and after cryopreservation	7