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Contribution of TEX15 genetic variants to the risk of developing severe non-obs...
Guzmán-Jiménez, Andrea; González-Muñoz, Sara; Cerván-Martín, Miriam; Rivera-Egea, Rocío; Garrido, Nicolás; Luján, Saturnino; Santos-Ribeiro, SamuelBackground: Severe spermatogenic failure (SPGF) represents one of the most relevant causes of male infertility. This pathological condition can lead to extreme abnormalities in the seminal sperm count, such as severe oligozoospermia (SO) or non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA). Most cases of SPGF have an unknown aetiology, and it is known that this idiopathic form of male infertility represents a complex condition...
Common Variation in the PIN1 Locus Increases the Genetic Risk to Suffer from Se...
Cerván-Martín, Miriam; Bossini-Castillo, Lara; Guzmán-Jimenez, Andrea; Rivera-Egea, Rocío; Garrido, Nicolás; Luján, Saturnino; Romeu, GemaWe aimed to analyze the role of the common genetic variants located in the PIN1 locus, a relevant prolyl isomerase required to control the proliferation of spermatogonial stem cells and the integrity of the blood-testis barrier, in the genetic risk of developing male infertility due to a severe spermatogenic failure (SPGF). Genotyping was performed using TaqMan genotyping assays for three PIN1 taggers (rs228783...
Immune and spermatogenesis-related loci are involved in the development of extr...
Cerván-Martín, Miriam; Tüttelmann, Frank; Lopes, Alexandra M.; Bossini-Castillo, Lara; Rivera-Egea, Rocío; Garrido, Nicolás; Lujan, SaturninoWe conducted a genome-wide association study in a large population of infertile men due to unexplained spermatogenic failure (SPGF). More than seven million genetic variants were analysed in 1,274 SPGF cases and 1,951 unaffected controls from two independent European cohorts. Two genomic regions were associated with the most severe histological pattern of SPGF, defined by Sertoli cell-only (SCO) phenotype, name...
AZF midrodeletions screening in infertile men of the Portuguese population
Pereira, Iris; Silva, Júlia; Correia, Sónia; Pinto, Maria Graça; Rangel, Ricardo; Aguiar, Ana; Nunes, Joaquim; Calhaz Jorge, Carlos; Gonçalves, JoãoAnalysis of genetic conditions associated with male infertility is, at present days, restricted to chromosome analysis, AZF Y-chromosome microdeletions screening, and to patients with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism or with congenital absence of the vas deferens. Among different populations AZF microdeletions can explain 10-15% of the infertile phenotype of azoospermic men and 2-5% of oligozoospermic men. Here w...
Pesquisa de microdeleções AZF em homens inférteis na população portuguesa
Pereira-Caetano, Iris; Silva, Júlia; Correia, Sónia; Pinto, Maria Graça; Rangel, Ricardo; Aguiar, Ana; Nunes, Joaquim; Calhaz, Carlos; Gonçalves, JoãoA infertilidade conjugal, definida como a incapacidade de conceção de um casal ao fim de um ano de relações sexuais desprotegidas, afeta 10 a 15% dos casais em idade reprodutiva, sendo que as causas masculinas constituem 30 a 40% das causas de infertilidade dos casais. Etiologicamente, a infertilidade masculina pode ter origem genética e não genética. De entre as causas genéticas mais frequentes destacam-se as ...