Consequences of Y chromosome microdeletions beyond male infertility

S Colaco, D Modi - Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The human Y chromosome plays a central role in sex determination and
spermatogenesis. The azoospermia factor (AZF) loci on the Y chromosome contain genes …

Pathogenic landscape of idiopathic male infertility: new insight towards its regulatory networks

N Kothandaraman, A Agarwal, M Abu-Elmagd… - NPJ genomic …, 2016 - nature.com
Idiopathic male infertility (IMI) affects nearly 10− 15% of men in their prime reproductive age.
More than 500 target genes were postulated to be associated with this disease condition …

Human sperm phosphoproteome reveals differential phosphoprotein signatures that regulate human sperm motility

D Martin-Hidalgo, R Serrano, C Zaragoza… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Human sperm motility is essential for fertilization and among pathologies underlying male
infertility is asthenozoospermia. Nevertheless, mechanisms regulating sperm motility are not …

Human Y chromosome copy number variation in the next generation sequencing era and beyond

A Massaia, Y Xue - Human Genetics, 2017 - Springer
The human Y chromosome provides a fertile ground for structural rearrangements owing to
its haploidy and high content of repeated sequences. The methodologies used for copy …

AZFa microdeletions: occurrence in Chinese infertile men and novel deletions revealed by semiconductor sequencing

XY Liu, HY Zhang, DX Pang, LT Xue, X Yang, YS Li… - Urology, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the frequency of azoospermia factor (AZFa) microdeletions among
infertile men and establish a new high-throughput sequencing method to detect novel …

[HTML][HTML] Y chromosome copy number variation and its effects on fertility and other health factors: a review

MJ Rogers - Translational andrology and urology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Y chromosome is essential for testis development and spermatogenesis. It is a
chromosome with the lowest gene density owing to its medium size but paucity of coding …

Copy number variation and microdeletions of the Y chromosome linked genes and loci across different categories of Indian infertile males

A Kumari, SK Yadav, MM Misro, J Ahmad, S Ali - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract We analyzed 34 azoospermic (AZ), 43 oligospermic (OS) and 40 infertile males with
normal spermiogram (INS) together with 55 normal fertile males (NFM) from the Indian …

DYZ1 arrays show sequence variation between the monozygotic males

SK Yadav, A Kumari, S Javed, S Ali - BMC genetics, 2014 - Springer
Background Monozygotic twins (MZT) are an important resource for genetical studies in the
context of normal and diseased genomes. In the present study we used DYZ1, a satellite …

High-throughput screening for spermatogenesis candidate genes in the AZFc region of the Y chromosome by multiplex real time PCR followed by high resolution …

E Alechine, D Corach - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Microdeletions in the AZF region of the Y chromosome are among the most frequent genetic
causes of male infertility, although the specific role of the genes located in this region is not …

Genome-wide copy number analysis in a family with p. G533C RET mutation and medullary thyroid carcinoma identified regions potentially associated with a higher …

AN Araujo, L Moraes, MIC França… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Context: Our group described a p. G533C RET gene mutation in a large family with multiple
endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome. Clinical heterogeneity, primarily associated with the …