Using Small Non-Coding RNAs in Extracellular Vesicles of Semen as Biomarkers of Male Reproductive System Health

Reproductive dysfunction and urogenital malignancies represent a serious health concern in men. This is in part as a result of the absence of reliable non-invasive tests of diagnosis/prognosis. Optimizing diagnosis and predicting the patient's prognosis will affect the choice of the most approp...

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Autores: Larriba, Sara|||0000-0003-4579-5452, Vigués, Francesc|||0000-0003-3717-6301, Bassas, Lluís|||0000-0002-3473-3611
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:302796
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/302796
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/ijms24065447
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Diagnosis
Extracellular vesicles
Male infertility
Non-invasive biomarker
Prostate cancer
Semen
SncRNAs
Urogenital diseases
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Sumario:Reproductive dysfunction and urogenital malignancies represent a serious health concern in men. This is in part as a result of the absence of reliable non-invasive tests of diagnosis/prognosis. Optimizing diagnosis and predicting the patient's prognosis will affect the choice of the most appropriate treatment and therefore increase the chances of success and the result of therapy, that is, it will lead to a more personalized treatment of the patient. This review aims firstly to critically summarize the current knowledge of the reproductive roles played by extracellular vesicle small RNA components, which are typically altered in diseases affecting the male reproductive tract. Secondly, it aims to describe the use of semen extracellular vesicles as a non-invasive source of sncRNA-based biomarkers for urogenital diseases.