Estrogens as Antioxidant Modulators in Human Fertility

Antonio Mancini, Sebastiano Raimondo, M. Persano, C. Di Segni, M. Cammarano, G. Gadotti, Andrea Silvestrini, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Elisabetta Meucci Calabrese

Risultato della ricerca: Contributo in rivistaArticolo in rivista

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Abstract

Among treatments proposed for idiopathic male infertility, antiestrogens, like tamoxifen, play a possible role. On the other hand, oxidative stress is a mechanism well recognized for deleterious effects on spermatozoa function. After reviewing the literature on the effects of estrogens in modulation of antioxidant systems, in both sexes, and in different in vivo and in vitro models, we suggest, also on the basis of personal data, that a tamoxifen treatment could be active via an increase in seminal antioxidants.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)607939-607939
Numero di pagine1
RivistaInternational Journal of Endocrinology
Volume2013
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2013

Keywords

  • antioxidant

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