BREAKING NEWS! Latest Research Published by Chinese Scientists Say Coronavirus Might Render Certain Male Patients Infertile
Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 16, 2020 4 years, 10 months, 4 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes ago
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latest coronavirus research by medical scientists from Nanjing Medical University and Suzhou Hospital lead by Dr Jianqing Wang, Head of the Department of Urology, at Suzhou Hospital say that certain males affected by the SARS-Cov2
coronavirus which causes the Covid-19 disease might likely become
infertile even if they recover from the infection.
According to the new researched published in medrxiv, an open source online medical journal, the
coronavirus typically attacks the ACE2 (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2)) receptors in human tissues.
The team of urology researchers that comprised of Dr Jianqing Wang, Dr Caibin Fan, Dr Kai Li, Dr Yanhong Ding and Dr Wei Lu focused primarily on renal and testicular tissues as these were also ‘rich’ with ACE2 receptors especially the renal tubular cells, Leydig cells and cells in seminiferous ducts in the testis.
The study results showed that the new
coronavirus expressed potent pathogenicity to both renal and testicular tissues with resultant lesions.
The damaged testicular tissues could lead to
infertility in most of the male patients.
The researchers advised that during drug treatments with
coronavirus infected patients, clinicians should pay careful attention to renal function evaluation as some of the antivirals which known to exhibit renal toxicity can aggravate the and virus damaged kidneys.
The researchers also advised that all clinicians pay attention to the risk of testicular lesions in patients during hospitalization and later clinical follow-ups, especially the assessment and appropriate intervention in male patients' fertility.
The research was based on the datasets of 146 male patients in three different settings.
Thailand Medical News notes that the
research has yet to have been peer reviewed.
However, the results on this
research could have large implications and effect on the thousands of male patients infected with the
coronavirus.
Reference :
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.12.20022418v1.full.pdf
Update:
Another study that indicates the same:
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202002.0299/v1
A peer-reviewed study that indicates the same :
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih
.gov/gene/59272
The studies also helps to explain why men are more prone to the disease than females.
Additional research articles that show the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus enters thehuman cells via the ACE-2 receptors :
https://f1000research.com/articles/9-72
There are more than 17 preprint, peer-reviewed studies and non-peer reviewed studies that all show that the coronavirus binds to human cells via the ace2-receptors but this is only one way, a new study shows that it has an even more second manner that is even more potent :
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-latestcoronavirus-research-reveals-that-the-virus-has-mutated-gene-similar-to-hiv-and-is-1,000-times-more-potent-
For more about the
Latest Coronavirus Research, check out :
https://www.thailandmedical.news/articles/coronavirus
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