Gene copy number alterations in the azoospermia-associated AZFc region and their effect on spermatogenic impairment

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 836-843

  Lu, Chuncheng ^a,b   Jiang, Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Ruyang ^a,b   Wang, Ying ^a,b   Xu, Miaofei ^a,b   Qin, Yufeng ^a,b   Lin, Yuan ^a,b   Guo, Xuejiang ^a   Ni, Bixian ^a,b   Zhao, Yang ^a   Diao, Nancy ^c   Chen, Feng ^a   Shen, Hongbing ^a,b   Sha, Jiahao ^a   Xia, Yankai ^a,b   Hu, Zhibin ^a,b   Wang, Xinru ^a,b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AZFc; Copy number alteration; Spermatogenic impairment; Y chromosome haplogroup

Indexed keywords

BPY2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DAZ1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COHORT STUDIES; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84906058191     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau043     Document Type: Article

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