title: Procalcitonin: does it play a role in male reproduction?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the presence or absence of procalcitonin in the seminal plasma of both normal and subfertile men.
  
  
  METHODS
  Controlled clinical study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic research environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthy male volunteers and subfertile men with varicocele or infection of the male accessory glands.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seminal plasma procalcitonin determinations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seminal plasma procalcitonin levels from subfertile men were not significantly different from those found in healthy volunteers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although procalcitonin can be detected in the seminal plasma, these preliminary results indicate that it cannot be used as a diagnostic marker.
authors: Division of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Microbiology, Ippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. typecent@otenet.gr
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Slavakis
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Papadimas
mesh_terms: D002116:Calcitonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000378:metabolism; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D012661:Semen / Q000378:metabolism; D014646:Varicocele / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide