Susceptibility locus for non-obstructive azoospermia is localized within the HLA-DR/DQ subregion: Primary role of DQB1*0604

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-63

  Matsuzaka, Y ^a   Makino, S ^a   Okamoto, K ^a   Oka, A ^a   Tsujimura, A ^b   Matsumiya, K ^b   Takahara, S ^b   Okuyama, A ^b   Sada, M ^c   Gotoh, R ^c   Nakatani, T ^c   Ota, M ^d   Katsuyama, Y ^d   Tamiya, G ^a   Inoko, H ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HLA; Microsatellite marker; Non obstructive azoospermia; RING3 gene

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PROTEIN RING3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EXONS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; STATISTICS;

EID: 18644378713     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600107.x     Document Type: Article

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