The male role in cervical cancer prevention and transmission: Representation of subject positions in South African press reports (1998-2014)

Moodley, Prevan; Vries, Lauré de

doi:10.17159/2309-8708/2016/n52a3

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2016

DOI: 10.17159/2309-8708/2016/n52a3

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The male role in cervical cancer prevention and transmission: Representation of subject positions in South African press reports (1998-2014)

Prevan Moodley

Lauré de Vries

Abstract: PINS, 2016, 52, 44 -70, http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-8708/2016/n52a3 Developing countries have the highest rates of cervical cancer (CC), the most commonly occurring cancer among South African (SA) women (Denny, 2006). A significant causal association is found between CC and repeated human papillomavirus (HPV) infections over time (Dillner & Brown, 2004). HPV can be transmitted from an infected man to an uninfected woman through sexual contact (Denny, 2010). After transmission of oncogenic HPV, CC

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Current challenges in the modern male immune system

Klimov,

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2024

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The tripartite network, including the nervous, immune, and endocrine systems, plays a significant role in regulatory and effector processes in the male body. On the one hand, males perform their reproduction function by generating spermatozoa in conditions of self-tolerance maintenance because most spermatozoa antigens (“sequestrated antigens”) are unknown to the immune system. On the other hand, in everyday life, a male body encounters hostile external infections, some of which colonize the skin and barrier surfaces and present a cancer threat to male genital tracts. This is human papillomavirus (HPV), the “silent killer”. Therefore, the male immune system has to function in a contradictory situation using either active immune responses, self-tolerance mechanisms, or both simultaneously. This review focused on the functional organization of the male immune system, including its coordination with the nervous and endocrine systems, and immune processes at the level of the whole organism, as well as on obvious changes, which have currently happened. The male immune system should function in conditions of the strong influence of testosterone and biosocial impulses coming from the nervous system. In the last century, researchers obtained data showing a decrease in the male reproduction function because of a stable negative dynamic of spermatozoa count and quality. Nowadays, depressing statistical indicators of male fertility have been published. 15% of couples are unable to conceive a child, where 50% of the causes of infertility relate to males, and up to 15% of male infertility cases are due to immunological disorders. It can be assumed that the male immune system starts to function when self-tolerance is partially lost, and the previous balance has been destroyed. Furthermore, sperm allergy has become a new topic in male immunology.

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Current challenges in the modern male immune system

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2024

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