Meet the editors

Dr. Wei Wu is an associate professor and associate department chair in the Department of Toxicology at Nanjing Medical University, China. He was a guest researcher at the NIEHS between 2017 and 2018. He has authored 70 peer-reviewed papers in international journals such as *Environment International*, *EBioMedicine*, *Clinical Epigenetics*, and *Human Reproduction*. He has edited two books and collaborated on eight books, 13 patents, and the

organization of three international conferences. He is a reviewer of 71 journals. He serves as the editor-in-chief of *International Journal of Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Care*, executive editor of *Annals of Molecular and Genetic Medicine*, and editor of many other journals, including *Scientific Reports* and *Journal of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology*.

Francesco Ziglioli graduated at the University of Pavia (Italy) in 2006 and completed his residency in urology in 2012 at the University-Hospital of Parma (Italy). After a job experience as a urologist in the United Kingdom, he attended a fellowship in laparoscopy and robotic surgery at the Saint-Augustin Clinic in Bordeaux (France) in 2016. He works as a urologist at the Department of Urology at the University-Hospital of Parma. He

is a Fellow of the European Board of Urology. He is a member of the editorial board of three international journals and has published mainly in the field of prostate and kidney cancer.

Umberto Maestroni graduated at the University of Bologna (Italy) in 1996 and completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Ferrara (Italy) in 2001 and in urology at the University of Parma (Italy) in 2007. He has been a rotating resident at the Department of Surgery, Division of Endoscopic Surgery at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles (1999). He is the Director of the Department of Urology at the University-Hos-

pital of Parma (Italy). He is a member of the editorial board of three international journals and has published mainly in the field of prostate cancer and other urologic diseases and treatments.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface III**

Male Infertility Risk Factors and Therapy **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 69**

**Chapter 6 85**

**Chapter 7 105**

The Role of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Male Fertility Decline *by Magda Carvalho Henriques, Susana Loureiro, Margarida Fardilha* 

Endocrine Disruptors: Very Low Doses with Genuinely High Impacts

Infertility Worldwide: The Lack of Global Pediatric Andrologists

*by Zampieri Nicola, Bianchi Federica, Patanè Simone, Vestri Elettra* 

Sertoli Cell Phagocytosis: An Essential Event for Spermatogenesis

Polymorphism of Xenobiotic Detoxification Genes and Male Infertility

The Early Life Influences on Male Reproductive Health

*by Jennifer Pontré and Roger Hart*

*and Maria Teresa Herdeiro*

on Male Reproduction

and Prevention

*by Michal Ješeta and Jan Nevoral*

*and Camoglio Francesco Saverio*

*by Fei Wang and Daishu Han*

*and Arezoo Khoradmehr*

*by Nguyen Thi Trang and Vu Thi Huyen*

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy of Male Infertility

*by Amin Tamadon, Ulanbek Zhan-byrbekuly, Ilyas Kairgaliyev* 
