Comprehensive pathway-based analysis identifies associations of BCL2, GNAO1 and CHD2 with non-obstructive azoospermia risk

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 860-866

  Qin, Yufeng ^a,b   Ji, Juan ^a,b   Du, Guizhen ^a,b   Wu, Wei ^a,b   Dai, Juncheng ^a   Hu, Zhibin ^a,b   Sha, Jiahao ^a   Hang, Bo ^c   Lu, Chuncheng ^a,b   Xia, Yankai ^a,b   Wang, Xinru ^a,b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Non obstructive azoospermia; Pathway based analysis; SNP

Indexed keywords

CHD2 PROTEIN; GNAO1 PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; CHD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GNAO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; VALIDATION STUDY; GENETICS;

AZOOSPERMIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 84899005380     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu013     Document Type: Article

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