Diabetes Complications
STZ-diabetic rats experience impaired differentiation of ventral prostate at sexual maturity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, January 30th, 2006
"Diabetes mellitus of both type 1 (insulin-dependent) and type 2 (noninsulin-dependent) has adverse effects on male sexual and reproductive functions in adolescent boys and men, which include impairment of spermatogenesis, reduced sperm count, serum testosterone and seminal fluid volume, impotency, and loss of libido. Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in rats provides a relevant model to study reproductive dysfunction under diabetic conditions, as they exhibit a number of deficits in reproductive function that resemble those seen in human...
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