A comparative investigation of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and various biochemical parameters in patients with cryptorchidism, oligospermia, or varicocele*

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) has been suggested to be involved in spermatogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between blood serum AMH concentration and semen quality in dogs. Moreover, this study sought to find the optimal cut-off point value of serum AMH with the greatest sensitivity and specificity to predict semen quality. Forty-five clinically healthy dogs were included in the study and their age as well as the following semen parameters were determined and correlated to serum AMH concentration: total sperm output, normal morphology, plasma membrane integrity, total motility, progressive motility, and velocity parameters. Statistical analysis for correlations were performed using Spearman’s correlation coefficients. Moderate negative associations were found between serum AMH and semen total motility (r = −0.38, p = 0.01), progressive motility (r = −0.36, p = 0.01), and normal morphology (r = −0.36, p= 0.02). Based on these associations, an AMH concentration of 5.54 µg/L was found to be the optimal cut-off point value to obtain the greatest summation of sensitivity (86%) and specificity (63%) to predict semen quality. The serum AMH assay may therefore be a potential hormonal marker to predict which dogs would require further semen analysis. Future research is however needed to confirm these preliminary results.

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Serum Anti-Müllerian Hormone: A Potential Semen Quality Biomarker in Stud Dogs?

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Buczkowska

Kalak

et al. 2022

Animals

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Effects of cigarette smoking on male fertility

Nadeem¹,

Fahim²,

Bugti³

2012

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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Analysis of KAL1, FGFR1, GPR54, and NELF copy number variations by multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification in male patients with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

Başaran¹,

Ünal²,

Bolu³

et al. 2013

Turk J Med Sci

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The chemistry of Geranium columbinum and G. lucidum volatiles has been studied here for the first time. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation, analyzed by GC and GC-MS, and screened for their in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity in a microdilution assay. In total, 172 constituents were identified, accounting for 88.1%-96.7% of the detected GC peak areas. The essential oils consisted mainly of fatty acids and fatty acid-derived compounds (65.0%-86.3%). The major compounds of the essential oils were hexadecanoic acid, hexahydrofarnesyl acetone, and tetracosane. The antimicrobial assay showed a strong activity of the oil from aerial parts of G. columbinum against the pathogenic yeast C. albicans (MIC = 0.437, MBC = 1.75 mg/mL).

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A comparative investigation of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and various biochemical parameters in patients with cryptorchidism, oligospermia, or varicocele*

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Serum Anti-Müllerian Hormone: A Potential Semen Quality Biomarker in Stud Dogs?

Serum Anti-Müllerian Hormone: A Potential Semen Quality Biomarker in Stud Dogs?

Effects of cigarette smoking on male fertility

Analysis of KAL1, FGFR1, GPR54, and NELF copy number variations by multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification in male patients with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

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