Reproductive physiology in young men is cumulatively affected by FSH-action modulating genetic variants: FSHR -29G/A and c.2039 A/G, FSHB -211G/T

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Grigorova, Marina ^a   Punab, Margus ^b   Punab, Anna Maria ^a   Poolamets, Olev ^b   Vihljajev, Vladimir ^b   Žilaitiene, Birute ^c   Erenpreiss, Juris ^d   Matulevičius, Valentinas ^c   Laan, Maris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^d RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN B; TESTOSTERONE; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; INHIBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FSHB GENE; FSHR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RECEPTOR GENE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; BALTIC STATES; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; BALTIC STATES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, FSH; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899567811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094244     Document Type: Article

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