One-carbon metabolism, spermatogenesis, and male infertility

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 622-630

  Singh, Kiran ^a   Jaiswal, Deepika ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

male infertility; methylation; MTHFR; oxidative damage; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CARBON; DNA; HISTONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CARBON METABOLISM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

MALE INFERTILITY; METHYLATION; MTHFR; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CARBON; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; FERTILITY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICRONUTRIENTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84878191137     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112459232     Document Type: Review

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