Domenico Milardi

Dr. Domenico Milardi

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2012 in Fertility and Sterility
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DMDomenico Milardi
Domenico Milardi
GGGiuseppe Grande
Giuseppe Grande
FVFederica Vincenzoni
Federica Vincenzoni
IMIrene Messana
Irene Messana
APAlfredo Pontecorvi
Alfredo Pontecorvi
RMRiccardo Marana
Riccardo Marana

19 May 2022 in Frontiers in Endocrinology
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GGGiuseppe Grande
Giuseppe Grande
FBFerran Barrachina
Ferran Barrachina
ASAda Soler-Ventura
Ada Soler-Ventura
MJMeritxell Jodar
Meritxell Jodar
FMFrancesca Mancuso
Francesca Mancuso
DMDomenico Milardi
Domenico Milardi
Testosterone is essential to maintain qualitative spermatogenesis. Nonetheless, no studies have been yet performed in humans to analyze the testosterone-mediated expression of sperm proteins and their importance in reproduction. Thus, this study aimed to identify sperm protein alterations in male hypogonadism using proteomic profiling. We have performed a comparative proteomic analysis comparing sperm from fertile controls (a pool of 5 normogonadic normozoospermic fertile men) versus sperm from patients with secondary hypogonadism (a pool of 5 oligozoospermic hypogonadic patients due to isolated LH deficiency). Sperm protein composition was analyzed, after peptide labelling with Isobaric Tags, via liquid chromatography followed by tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) on an LTQ Velos-Orbitrap mass spectrometer. LC-MS/MS data were analyzed using Proteome Discoverer. Criteria used to accept protein identification included a false discovery rate (FDR) of 1% and at least 1 peptide match per protein. Up to 986 proteins were identified and, of those, 43 proteins were differentially expressed: 32 proteins were under-expressed and 11 were over-expressed in the pool of hypogonadic patients compared to the controls. Bioinformatic analyses were performed using UniProt Knowledgebase, and the Gene Ontology Consortium database based on PANTHER. Notably, 13 of these 43 differentially expressed proteins have been previously reported to be related to sperm function and spermatogenesis. Western blot analyses for A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 3 (AKAP3) and the Prolactin Inducible Protein (PIP) were used to confirm the proteomics data. In summary, a high-resolution mass spectrometry-based proteomic approach was used for the first time to describe alterations of the sperm proteome in secondary male hypogonadism. Some of the differential sperm proteins described in this study, which include Prosaposin, SMOC-1, SERPINA5, SPANXB1, GSG1, ELSPBP1, fibronectin, 5-oxoprolinase, AKAP3, AKAP4, HYDIN, ROPN1B, ß-Microseminoprotein and Protein S100-A8, could represent new targets for the design of infertility treatments due to androgen deficiency.

24 April 2013 in Molecular Reproduction and Development
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DMDomenico Milardi
Domenico Milardi
GGGiuseppe Grande
Giuseppe Grande
FVFederica Vincenzoni
Federica Vincenzoni
MCMassimo Castagnola
Massimo Castagnola
RMRiccardo Marana
Riccardo Marana

1 June 2003 in Fertility and Sterility
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EMElisabetta Meucci
Elisabetta Meucci
DMDomenico Milardi
Domenico Milardi
AMAlvaro Mordente
Alvaro Mordente
GMGiuseppe Ettore Martorana
Giuseppe Ettore Martorana
EGElena Giacchi
Elena Giacchi
AMAntonio Mancini
Antonio Mancini

7 November 2007 in Pituitary
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LMLaura De Marinis
Laura De Marinis
ABAntonio Bianchi
Antonio Bianchi
Gherardo MazziottiGherardo Mazziotti
Gherardo Mazziotti
MMMarco Mettimano
Marco Mettimano
DMDomenico Milardi
Domenico Milardi
AGAndrea Giustina
Andrea Giustina

1 March 2009 in Fertility and Sterility
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AGAntonella Giampietro
Antonella Giampietro
DMDomenico Milardi
Domenico Milardi
ABAntonio Bianchi
Antonio Bianchi
AFAlessandra Fusco
Alessandra Fusco
VCVincenzo Cimino
Vincenzo Cimino
LMLaura De Marinis
Laura De Marinis