Urology Journal

Cocuzza M, Alvarenga C, Pagani R. The epidemiology and etiology of azoospermia. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2013;68 Suppl 1:15-26.

Kolettis PN. The evaluation and management of the azoospermic patient. J Androl. 2002;23:293-305.

Liu X, Chen Y, Tang W, et al. Single-cell transcriptome analysis of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) associated gene ACE2 expression in normal and non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) human male testes. Sci China Life Sci. 2020;63:1006-15.

Esteves SC. Clinical management of infertile men with nonobstructive azoospermia. Asian J Androl. 2015;17:459-70.

Ishikawa T, Nose R, Yamaguchi K, Chiba K, Fujisawa M. Learning curves of microdissection testicular sperm extraction for nonobstructive azoospermia. Fertil Steril. 2010;94:1008-11.

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Ramasamy R, Yagan N, Schlegel PN. Structural and functional changes to the testis after conventional versus microdissection testicular sperm extraction. Urology. 2005;65:1190-4.

Tsujimura A, Matsumiya K, Miyagawa Y, et al. Prediction of successful outcome of microdissection testicular sperm extraction in men with idiopathic nonobstructive azoospermia. J Urol. 2004;172:1944-7.

Klonoff-Cohen HS, Natarajan L. The effect of advancing paternal age on pregnancy and live birth rates in couples undergoing in vitro fertilization or gamete intrafallopian transfer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004;191:507-14.

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Aydos K, Unlu C, Demirel LC, Evirgen O, Tolunay O. The effect of pure FSH administration in non-obstructive azoospermic men on testicular sperm retrieval. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2003;108:54-8.

Ezeh UI, Moore HD, Cooke ID. A prospective study of multiple needle biopsies versus a single open biopsy for testicular sperm extraction in men with non-obstructive azoospermia. Hum Reprod. 1998;13:3075-80.

Gnessi L, Scarselli F, Minasi MG, et al. Testicular histopathology, semen analysis and FSH, predictive value of sperm retrieval: supportive counseling in case of reoperation after testicular sperm extraction (TESE). BMC Urol. 2018;18:63.

Bohring C, Schroeder-Printzen I, Weidner W, Krause W. Serum levels of inhibin B and follicle-stimulating hormone may predict successful sperm retrieval in men with azoospermia who are undergoing testicular sperm extraction. Fertil Steril. 2002;78:1195-8.

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Cissen M, Meijerink AM, D'Hauwers KW, et al. Prediction model for obtaining spermatozoa with testicular sperm extraction in men with non-obstructive azoospermia. Hum Reprod. 2016;31:1934-41.

Yang Q, Huang YP, Wang HX, et al. Follicle-stimulating hormone as a predictor for sperm retrieval rate in patients with nonobstructive azoospermia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Asian J Androl. 2015;17:281-4.

Li H, Chen LP, Yang J, et al. Predictive value of FSH, testicular volume, and histopathological findings for the sperm retrieval rate of microdissection TESE in nonobstructive azoospermia: a meta-analysis. Asian J Androl. 2018;20:30-6.

Hashemi MS, Mozdarani H, Ghaedi K, Nasr-Esfahani MH. Expression of ZMYND15 in Testes of Azoospermic Men and Association With Sperm Retrieval. Urology. 2018;114:99-104.

Hashemi MS, Mozdarani H, Ghaedi K, Nasr-Esfahani MH. Among seven testis-specific molecular markers, SPEM1 appears to have a significant clinical value for prediction of sperm retrieval in azoospermic men. Andrology. 2018;6:890-5.

Hashemi MS, Mozdarani H, Ghaedi K, Nasr-Esfahani MH. Could analysis of testis-specific genes, as biomarkers in seminal plasma, predict presence of focal spermatogenesis in non-obstructive azoospermia? Andrologia. 2020;52:e13483.

Vojtech L, Woo S, Hughes S, et al. Exosomes in human semen carry a distinctive repertoire of small non-coding RNAs with potential regulatory functions. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014;42:7290-304.

Mercer TR, Dinger ME, Mattick JS. Long non-coding RNAs: insights into functions. Nat Rev Genet. 2009;10:155-9.

Zhang C, Gao L, Xu EY. LncRNA, a new component of expanding RNA-protein regulatory network important for animal sperm development. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2016;59:110-7.

Wen K, Yang L, Xiong T, et al. Critical roles of long noncoding RNAs in Drosophila spermatogenesis. Genome Res. 2016;26:1233-44.

Li L, Wang M, Wang M, et al. A long non-coding RNA interacts with Gfra1 and maintains survival of mouse spermatogonial stem cells. Cell Death Dis. 2016;7:e2140.

Hong SH, Kwon JT, Kim J, et al. Profiling of testis-specific long noncoding RNAs in mice. BMC Genomics. 2018;19:539.

Satoh Y, Takei N, Kawamura S, Takahashi N, Kotani T, Kimura AP. A novel testis-specific long noncoding RNA, Tesra, activates the Prss42/Tessp-2 gene during mouse spermatogenesisdagger. Biol Reprod. 2019;100:833-48.

Xie Y, Yao J, Zhang X, et al. A panel of extracellular vesicle long noncoding RNAs in seminal plasma for predicting testicular spermatozoa in nonobstructive azoospermia patients. Hum Reprod. 2020;35:2413-27.

Vogt PH. AZF deletions and Y chromosomal haplogroups: history and update based on sequence. Hum Reprod Update. 2005;11:319-36.

Langfelder P, Horvath S. WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis. BMC Bioinformatics. 2008;9:559.

Liu R, Yuan M, Xu H, Chen P, Xu XS, Yang Y. Adaptive weighted sum tests via LASSO method in multi-locus family-based association analysis. Comput Biol Chem. 2020;88:107320.

Valadi H, Ekstrom K, Bossios A, Sjostrand M, Lee JJ, Lotvall JO. Exosome-mediated transfer of mRNAs and microRNAs is a novel mechanism of genetic exchange between cells. Nat Cell Biol. 2007;9:654-9.

Zhang Y, Liu Y, Liu H, Tang WH. Exosomes: biogenesis, biologic function and clinical potential. Cell Biosci. 2019;9:19.

Poliakov A, Spilman M, Dokland T, Amling CL, Mobley JA. Structural heterogeneity and protein composition of exosome-like vesicles (prostasomes) in human semen. Prostate. 2009;69:159-67.

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Burden HP, Holmes CH, Persad R, Whittington K. Prostasomes--their effects on human male reproduction and fertility. Hum Reprod Update. 2006;12:283-92.

Yang C, Guo WB, Zhang WS, et al. Comprehensive proteomics analysis of exosomes derived from human seminal plasma. Andrology. 2017;5:1007-15.

Barcelo M, Mata A, Bassas L, Larriba S. Exosomal microRNAs in seminal plasma are markers of the origin of azoospermia and can predict the presence of sperm in testicular tissue. Hum Reprod. 2018;33:1087-98.

Batista PJ, Chang HY. Long noncoding RNAs: cellular address codes in development and disease. Cell. 2013;152:1298-307.

Zhu Z, Li C, Yang S, et al. Dynamics of the Transcriptome during Human Spermatogenesis: Predicting the Potential Key Genes Regulating Male Gametes Generation. Sci Rep. 2016;6:19069.

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Rolland AD, Evrard B, Darde TA, et al. RNA profiling of human testicular cells identifies syntenic lncRNAs associated with spermatogenesis. Hum Reprod. 2019;34:1278-90.

Sendler E, Johnson GD, Mao S, et al. Stability, delivery and functions of human sperm RNAs at fertilization. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013;41:4104-17.

Zhang X, Zhang P, Song D, et al. Expression profiles and characteristics of human lncRNA in normal and asthenozoospermia spermdagger. Biol Reprod. 2019;100:982-93.