Possible Harmful Effects of Smoking Hookah on Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index and Protamine Genes Expression in Normozoospermic Men.

Maryam Tofighi NiakiMohammad Hasan SheikhhaMohammad Ali KhaliliFarzaneh FesahatAli NabiMahin IzadiSaeed Ghasemi EsmailabadAli Reza Talebi

Published in: Substance abuse : research and treatment (2023)

According to our study, although hookah smoking does not have a significant effect on sperm parameters, it may have deleterious effects on DNA integrity, oxidative status, and nuclear protein levels of spermatozoa.

Keyphrases

circulating tumor
cell free
smoking cessation
single molecule
poor prognosis
binding protein
genome wide
dna methylation
long non coding rna