Diagnostics and management of male infertility in primary ciliary dyskinesia
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Author(s)
Jayasena, Channa N
Sironen, Anu
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a disease caused by the malfunction of motile cilia, manifests mainly with chronic recurrent respiratory infections. In men, PCD is also often associated with infertility due to immotile sperm. Since causative mutations for PCD were identified in over 50 genes, the role of these genes in sperm development should be investigated in order to understand the effect of PCD mutations on male fertility. Previous studies showed that different dynein arm heavy chains are present in respiratory cilia and sperm flagellum, which may partially explain the variable effects of mutations on airways and fertility. Furthermore, recent studies showed that male reproductive tract motile cilia may play an important part in sperm maturation and transport. In some PCD patients, extremely low sperm counts were reported, which may be due to motile cilia dysfunction in the reproductive tract rather than problems with sperm development. However, the exact roles of PCD genes in male fertility require additional studies, as do the treatment options. In this review, we discuss the diagnostic and treatment options for men with PCD based on the current knowledge.
Date Issued
2021-09-01
Date Acceptance
2021-08-19
Citation
Diagnostics, 2021, 11 (9), pp.1-15
ISSN
2075-4418
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1
End Page
15
Journal / Book Title
Diagnostics
Volume
11
Issue
9
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Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
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Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medicine, General & Internal
General & Internal Medicine
PCD
sperm
male fertility
ICSI
INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION
MULTIPLE MORPHOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES
IMMOTILE EJACULATED SPERMATOZOA
NORMAL LIVE BIRTH
TESTICULAR SPERM
NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA
KARTAGENERS-SYNDROME
MOTILE CILIA
MUTATIONS
FLAGELLA
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 1550
Date Publish Online
2021-08-26