Broad DNA methylation changes of spermatogenesis, inflammation and immune response-related genes in a subgroup of sperm samples for assisted reproduction

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 822-829

  Schutte B ^a   El Hajj, N ^a   Kuhtz, J ^a   Nanda, I ^a   Gromoll, J ^b   Hahn, T ^c   Dittrich, M ^a   Schorsch, M ^c   Muller T ^a   Haaf, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^c Fertility Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epigenetic markers; Male infertility; Methylation arrays; Sperm DNA methylation

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EPIGENETIC MARKERS; MALE INFERTILITY; METHYLATION ARRAYS; SPERM DNA METHYLATION;

CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FERTILITY; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84886434849     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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