Concentrated ambient PM2.5 exposure affects mice sperm quality and testosterone biosynthesis.

Yingying YangTingting YangShengxin LiuZhijuan CaoYan ZhaoXiujuan SuZehuan LiaoXiaoming TengJing Hua

Published in: PeerJ (2019)

Concentrated ambient PM2.5 exposure altered mice sperm concentration, motility and morphology, which might be mediated primarily by the decline in testosterone concentration and testosterone biosynthesis process.

Keyphrases

particulate matter
air pollution
replacement therapy
high fat diet induced
heavy metals
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
cell wall
quality improvement
risk assessment
type diabetes
escherichia coli
cystic fibrosis
biofilm formation
staphylococcus aureus