Deletion or underexpression of the Y-chromosome genes CDY2 and HSFY is associated with maturation arrest in American men with nonobstructive azoospermia

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 676-682

  Stahl, Peter J ^a   Mielnik, Anna N ^a   Barbieri, Christopher E ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Paduch, Darius A ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CDY1 protein; CDY2 protein; genetics; histology; HSFY; human; male infertility; nonobstructive azoospermia; sperm maturation; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CDY2 GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HSFY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURATION ARREST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; UNITED STATES; Y CHROMOSOME;

AZOOSPERMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866256868     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2012.55     Document Type: Article

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