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Volume 15(2);  2013 Mar

Editorials

Falling sperm counts and global estrogenic pollution: what have we learned over 20 years?
David J Handelsman, Trevor G Cooper
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 159–161. Published online 2013 Feb 18. doi: 10.1038/aja.2013.8
PMCID:
PMC3739168
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Falling sperm counts and global oestrogenic pollution: postscript
Trevor G Cooper, David J Handelsman
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 208–211. Published online 2013 Feb 18. doi: 10.1038/aja.2013.17
PMCID:
PMC3739167
Article PDF–147K

Opinion

Finland is following the trend—sperm quality in Finnish men
Helena E Virtanen, Sergey Sadov, Matti Vierula, Jorma Toppari
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 162–164. Published online 2013 Jan 14. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.142
PMCID:
PMC3739152
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The silent spermatozoon: are man-made endocrine disruptors killing male fertility?
Bradley D Anawalt
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 165–168. Published online 2013 Jan 21. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.148
PMCID:
PMC3739155
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Trends in global semen parameter values
Harry Fisch, Stephen R Braun
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 169–173. Published online 2013 Jan 7. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.143
PMCID:
PMC3739153
Article PDF–225K
Ignorance but not bliss: too little is known about the determinants of semen quality
WCL Ford
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 174–178. Published online 2013 Jan 14. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.158
PMCID:
PMC3739160
Article PDF–198K
Counting your sperm before they fertilize: are sperm counts really declining?
Alexander W Pastuszak, Dolores J Lamb
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 179–183. Published online 2013 Jan 21. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.105
PMCID:
PMC3739138
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Sperm crisis: what crisis?
Eberhard Nieschlag, Alexander Lerchl
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 184–186. Published online 2012 Sep 24. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.90
PMCID:
PMC3739166
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Are sperm counts declining? Or did we just change our spectacles?
Allan A Pacey
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 187–190. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.165
PMCID:
PMC3739163
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Endocrine disruptors and falling sperm counts: lessons learned or not!
Stephen Safe
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 191–194. Published online 2012 Sep 24. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.87
PMCID:
PMC3739165
Article PDF–236K
Misconceptions about falling sperm counts and fertility in Europe
Egbert R te Velde, Jens Peter Bonde
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 195–198. Published online 2012 Dec 3. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.122
PMCID:
PMC3739143
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On environmental threats to male infertility
Allen J Wilcox, Jens Peter E Bonde
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 199–200. Published online 2013 Jan 21. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.153
PMCID:
PMC3739157
Article PDF–102K
Electromagnetic pollution: another risk factor for infertility, or a red herring?
Alexander Lerchl
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 201–203. Published online 2012 Sep 24. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.104
PMCID:
PMC3739137
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Falling sperm counts twenty years on: where are we now?
R John Aitken
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 204–207. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.167
PMCID:
PMC3739164
Article PDF–214K
Prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer: benefits for patients with highly aggressive prostate cancer
Hui-Jie Jia, Yang Li, Jin-Guo Wang, Ling Zhang, Hai-Tao Zhang, Xue-Jian Zhao, Masaaki Kuwahara
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 218–220. Published online 2013 Jan 21. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.130
PMCID:
PMC3739147
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Original Articles

miR-21, miR-221 and miR-222 expression and prostate cancer recurrence among obese and non-obese cases
Ernest K Amankwah, Evelyn Anegbe, Hyun Park, Julio Pow-Sang, Ardeshir Hakam, Jong Y Park
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 226–230. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.160
PMCID:
PMC3705740
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An elevated serum miR-141 level in patients with bone-metastatic prostate cancer is correlated with more bone lesions
Hai-Liang Zhang, Xiao-Jian Qin, Da-Long Cao, Yao Zhu, Xu-Dong Yao, Shi-Lin Zhang, Bo Dai, Ding-Wei Ye
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 231–235. Published online 2013 Feb 4. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.116
PMCID:
PMC3739140
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Detection rate of clinically insignificant prostate cancer increases with repeat prostate biopsies
Bumsoo Park, Seong-Soo Jeon, Sung-Ho Ju, Byong-Chang Jeong, Seong-Il Seo, Hyun-Moo Lee, Han-Yong Choi
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 236–240. Published online 2012 Dec 31. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.123
PMCID:
PMC3739144
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Perioperative complications of radical retropubic prostatectomy in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer: a comparison with clinically localized prostate cancer
Xu-Dong Yao, Xiao-Jun Liu, Shi-Lin Zhang, Bo Dai, Hai-Liang Zhang, Ding-Wei Ye
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 241–245. Published online 2012 Dec 10. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.120
PMCID:
PMC3739142
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Incidence rate of prostate cancer in men treated for erectile dysfunction with phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors: retrospective analysis
Anthony H Chavez, K Scott Coffield, M Hasan Rajab, Chanhee Jo
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 246–248. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.162
PMCID:
PMC3739162
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Serum prostate-specific antigen as a predictor of prostate volume and lower urinary tract symptoms in a community-based cohort: a large-scale Korean screening study
Dong Soo Park, Jong Jin Oh, Jae Yup Hong, Young Kwon Hong, Don Kyung Choi, In Hyuck Gong, Jin Ho Hwang, Sung Won Kwon
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 249–253. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.132
PMCID:
PMC3739148
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Tamsulosin alters levofloxacin pharmacokinetics in prostates derived from rats with acute bacterial prostatitis
Guo-Dong Qin, Ming-Zhao Xiao, Yuan-Da Zhou, Jing Yang, Hai-Xia He, Yue He, Yang Zeng
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 254–260. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.134
PMCID:
PMC3739149
Abstract Article PDF–561K
Brief maternal exposure of rats to the xenobiotics dibutyl phthalate or diethylstilbestrol alters adult-type Leydig cell development in male offspring
Richard Ivell, Kee Heng, Helen Nicholson, Ravinder Anand-Ivell
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 261–268. Published online 2013 Jan 14. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.138
PMCID:
PMC3739150
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Role of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) in the pathogenesis of varicocele-induced testicular dysfunction
Orcun Celik, Omer Kutlu, Merih Tekcan, Ciler Celik-Ozenci, Ismail T Koksal
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 269–274. Published online 2012 Dec 31. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.112
PMCID:
PMC3739139
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Corporoplasty with small soft axial prostheses (VIRILIS I®) and bovine pericardial graft (HYDRIX®) in Peyronie's disease
Alessandro Zucchi, Mauro Silvani, Stefano Pecoraro
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 275–279. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.156
PMCID:
PMC3739159
Abstract Article PDF–691K
Exploration of functional health, mental well-being and cross-sex hormone use in a sample of Thai male-to-female transgendered persons (kathoeys)
Louis J Gooren, Tanapong Sungkaew, Erik J Giltay
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 280–285. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.139
PMCID:
PMC3739151
Abstract Article PDF–209K
The relationship between anogenital distance and the androgen receptor CAG repeat length
Michael L Eisenberg, Tung-Chin Hsieh, Alexander W Pastuszak, Matthew G McIntyre, Rustin C Walters, Dolores J Lamb, Larry I Lipshultz
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 286–289. Published online 2013 Jan 21. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.126
PMCID:
PMC3739145
Abstract Article PDF–191K
N-acetylcysteine protects against cadmium-induced germ cell apoptosis by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress in testes
Yan-Li Ji, Hua Wang, Cheng Zhang, Ying Zhang, Mei Zhao, Yuan-Hua Chen, De-Xiang Xu
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 290–296. Published online 2013 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.129
PMCID:
PMC3739146
Abstract Article PDF–1.0M

Research Highlight

Glutamate, a metabolic biomarker of aggressiveness and a potential therapeutic target for prostate cancer
Shahriar Koochekpour
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 212–213. Published online 2013 Jan 14. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.145
PMCID:
PMC3739154
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Hidden gems in the niche: a new approach to the study of spermatogonial stem cells
Kate L Loveland, Eileen A McLaughlin
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 214–215. Published online 2013 Jan 14. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.150
PMCID:
PMC3739156
Article PDF–91K
Functional sperm produced after spermatogonial stem cell transplantation into rhesus
Ellen Goossens, Herman Tournaye
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 216–217. Published online 2013 Jan 14. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.155
PMCID:
PMC3739158
Article PDF–88K

Review

Does alcohol have any effect on male reproductive function? A review of literature
Sandro La Vignera, Rosita A Condorelli, Giancarlo Balercia, Enzo Vicari, Aldo E Calogero
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2): 221–225. Published online 2012 Dec 31. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.118
PMCID:
PMC3739141
Abstract Article PDF–185K
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