Array-based DNA methylation profiling in male infertility reveals allele-specific DNA methylation in PIWIL1 and PIWIL2

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Friemel, Carolin ^a   Ammerpohl, Ole ^a   Gutwein, Jana ^a   Schmutzler, Andreas G ^a   Caliebe, Almuth ^a   Kautza, Monika ^a   Von Otte, Sören ^a   Siebert, Reiner ^a   Bens, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; HLA; male infertility; PIWIL1; PIWIL2

Indexed keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRSK 2 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENO 1 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LBX 2 GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MTA 2 GENE; PIWIL 1 GENE; PIWIL 2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA BINDING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

DNA METHYLATION; HLA; MALE INFERTILITY; PIWIL1; PIWIL2;

ADULT; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84897464807     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.12.054     Document Type: Article

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