In late December 2019,the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),which causes coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),was identified in Wuhan,China,and the ensuing pandemic has led to more than 5...In late December 2019,the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),which causes coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),was identified in Wuhan,China,and the ensuing pandemic has led to more than 50 million infected individuals and more than one million deaths by November 10,2020(https://covid19.who.int/).Pathologic investigations of autopsy tissue have focused primarily on the lung,heart,and kidney,whereas morphologic data on testis injury and the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on spermatogenesis are limited.Although two groups did not detect SARS-CoV-2 in the semen or testes of recovered COVID-19 patients,1,2 another group confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in the semen of patients.3 Therefore,it is currently unknown whether SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts spermatogenesis and male fertility.In the present study,we evaluated the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on spermatogenesis by examining the pathophysiology and molecular features of testes obtained from five male COVID-19 patients at autopsy.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Strategic Collaborative Research Program of the Ferring Institute of Reproductive Medicine,Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Chinese Academy of Sciences(FIRMSCOV02)the Cultivation Plan of International Joint Research Platform of Huazhong University of Science and Technology(5001519009)Emergency Research Funds of Ministry of Science and Technology of P.R.China(2020YFC0844700).
文摘In late December 2019,the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),which causes coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),was identified in Wuhan,China,and the ensuing pandemic has led to more than 50 million infected individuals and more than one million deaths by November 10,2020(https://covid19.who.int/).Pathologic investigations of autopsy tissue have focused primarily on the lung,heart,and kidney,whereas morphologic data on testis injury and the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on spermatogenesis are limited.Although two groups did not detect SARS-CoV-2 in the semen or testes of recovered COVID-19 patients,1,2 another group confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in the semen of patients.3 Therefore,it is currently unknown whether SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts spermatogenesis and male fertility.In the present study,we evaluated the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on spermatogenesis by examining the pathophysiology and molecular features of testes obtained from five male COVID-19 patients at autopsy.
