Quantitative trait analysis suggests polymorphisms of estrogen-related genes regulate human sperm concentrations and motility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1585-1596

  Lee, I Wen ^a,b   Kuo, Po Hsiu ^c,d   Su, Mei Tsz ^a,d   Kuan, Long Ching ^e   Hsu, Chao Chin ^f   Kuo, Pao Lin ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KUO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

estrogen related genes; quantitative trait analysis; semen parameters; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; ESTRADIOL 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 79957492741     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der062     Document Type: Article

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