Male factor infertility: Inflammasome might contribute to impaired fertility of men with spinal cord injury

摘要

Infertility is a serious issue for men who have suffered spinal cord injury (SCI). As well as erectile and ejaculatory dysfunction resulting from neurological trauma, injured men also demonstrate low sperm motility and viability, the reasons for which are unclear. Newly published research from the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis suggests the inflammasome might be involved.