Associations of MTHFR DNMT3b 4977 bp deletion in mtDNA and GSTM1 deletion, and aberrant CpG island hypermethylation of GSTM1 in non-obstructive infertility in Indian men

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-222

  Dhillon, Varinderpal S ^a   Shahid, Mohd ^b   Husain, Syed Akhtar ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CpG island hypermethylation; DNMT3b; GSTM1; Infertility; mtDNA; MTHFR

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CPG ISLANDS; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE DELETION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 34147103978     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal118     Document Type: Article

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