The “omics” of human male infertility: integrating big data in a systems biology approach

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 295-312

  Carrell, D T ^a,b   Aston, K I ^a   Oliva, R ^c   Emery, B R ^a   De Jonge, C J ^d  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenomics; Genomics; Male infertility; Methylation; Polymorphism; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTAMINE; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AGING; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CHROMATIN MODIFICATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; EPIGENOME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTAMINATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPATA16 GENE; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84952988434     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2320-7     Document Type: Review

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