Aberrant DNA methylation patterns of spermatozoa in men with unexplained infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1014-1028

  Urdinguio, Rocío G ^a   Bayón, Gustavo F ^a   Dmitrijeva, Marija ^a   Toraño, Estela G ^a   Bravo, Cristina ^a   Fraga, Mario F ^a,b   Bassas, Lluís ^c   Larriba, Sara ^d   Fernández, Agustín F ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c FUNDACIÓ PUIGVERT   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; male infertility; repetitive sequences; sperm; tissue specific DNA methylation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOZOON; ALU SEQUENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALU ELEMENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HISTONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929747146     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev053     Document Type: Article

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