Luiz R. França

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais — Brazil

Medicine · Health Sciences

50h-index9.0kcitations132works0.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Sperm and Testicular Function(89), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities(47), Reproductive Biology and Fertility(37), Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species(27), Sexual Differentiation and Disorders(16)

Publications132 total

Human reproduction in crisis: causes unknown
The Lancet·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Testis Physiology—Overview and Histology
Elsevier eBooks·2025
Inhibition of testicular development by suppressing neonatal LH rise in male domestic pigs
Animal Reproduction Science·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Growth performance, reproductive status, and chromosomal instability in triploid Nile tilapias
Animal Reproduction·2024Open Access
Inhibition of Testicular Development by Suppressing Neonatal Lh Rise in Male Domestic Pigs
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Animal Reproduction journal and International Symposium on Animal Biology of Reproduction: Historical and personal reflections on two decades of exciting amalgamation of young and old science and scientists
Animal Reproduction·2024Open Access
Environmental factors in declining human fertility
Nature Reviews Endocrinology·2021· 342 cited
Insights into differentiation and function of the transition region between the seminiferous tubule and rete testis
Differentiation·2021· 22 cited
Testis structure, duration of spermatogenesis and daily sperm production in four wild cricetid rodent species (A. cursor, A. montensis, N. lasiurus, and O. nigripes)
PLoS ONE·2021· 13 citedOpen Access
Correction to: Comparative testis structure and function in three representative mice strains
Cell and Tissue Research·2021Open Access
Potential for Virus Endogenization in Humans through Testicular Germ Cell Infection: the Case of HIV
Journal of Virology·2020· 24 citedOpen Access
Hypothyroidism induced by postnatal PTU (6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil) treatment decreases Sertoli cell number and spermatogenic efficiency in sexually mature pigs
General and Comparative Endocrinology·2020· 48 cited
Comparative testis structure and function in three representative mice strains
Cell and Tissue Research·2020· 16 cited
Potential for virus endogenization in humans through testicular germ cell infection: the case of HIV
2020· 6 citedOpen Access
Foxn1 and Prkdc genes are important for testis function: evidence from nude and scid adult mice
Cell and Tissue Research·2020· 9 cited
Editorial: 11th International symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish
General and Comparative Endocrinology·2020
Development of Artificial Gametes
2020· 1 cited
Publisher Correction: Dibutyl phthalate induced testicular dysgenesis originates after seminiferous cord formation in rats
Scientific Reports·2019· 1 citedOpen Access
Prepubertal PTU treatment in rat increases Sertoli cell number and sperm production
Reproduction·2019· 15 citedOpen Access
Germ cell-less hybrid fish: ideal recipient for spermatogonial transplantation for the rapid production of donor-derived sperm†
Biology of Reproduction·2019· 28 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Rex A. Hess(10), Rüdiger Schulz(8), Lonnie D. Russell(8), Jan Bogerd(7), Rafael Henrique Nóbrega(6), Marcelo C. Leal(5), Sérgio Ricardo Batlouni(5), Richard M. Sharpe(5), Hélio Chiarini‐Garcia(4), Samyra Maria dos Santos Nassif Lacerda(4), Tânia Mara Segatelli(4), Philippa T. K. Saunders(4), Cleida A. Oliveira(4), Kay Carnes(4), Ralph L. Brinster(3), Gleide Fernandes de Avelar(3), Guilherme Mattos Jardim Costa(3), Chris McKinnell(3), Karel De Gendt(3), Guido Verhoeven(3)