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ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2010

Mendelian genetics of male infertility.

Kathleen Hwang, Alexander N Yatsenko, Carolina J Jorgez, Sarmistha Mukherjee, Roopa Lata Nalam, Martin M Matzuk, Dolores J Lamb

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In one paragraph

Review in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Genetic and Epigenetic Risks of Male Infertility in ART.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. Etiology of Male Infertility: an Update.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2024
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  11. Transcriptomic signatures for human male infertility.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023
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  16. Taste Receptors: New Players in Sperm Biology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  17. Point-of-care whole-exome sequencing of idiopathic male infertility.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2018
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  18. Autosomal single-gene disorders involved in human infertility.Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2018
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  19. A familial study of azoospermic men identifies three novel causative mutations in three new human azoospermia genes.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathleen HwangScott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Alexander N Yatsenko
Carolina J Jorgez
Sarmistha Mukherjee
Roopa Lata Nalam
Martin M Matzuk
Dolores J Lamb
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

ZONA PELLUCIDA BINDING PROTEINS IN SPERM-EGG INTERACTIONSP01HD036289 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BISHOP, COLIN EDWARD · 2000 to 2010
$7.5M
Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development ProgramK12DK083014 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LAMB, DOLORES JEAN · 2008 to 2017
$6.0M
Improving the Diagnosis of Congenital Genitourinary Defects.R01DK078121 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI LAMB, DOLORES JEAN · 2007 to 2021
$4.8M
Genetic Basis of Oligozoospermia in Infertile MalesK08HD058073 · NICHD · MAGEE-WOMEN'S RES INST AND FOUNDATION · PI YATSENKO, ALEXANDER N · 2010 to 2014
$625k
NICHD NIH HHS K08 HD058073NICHD NIH HHS KO8HD58073NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD036289NICHD NIH HHS P01HD36289NIDDK NIH HHS 1K12DK083014NIDDK NIH HHS 1R01DK078121NIDDK NIH HHS K12 DK083014NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive despite trying for a year, and it affects approximately 15% of the reproductive-age population. It is considered a genetically lethal factor, as the family lineage stops at that individual with no progeny produced. A genetic defect associated with an infertile individual cannot be transmitted to the offspring, ensuring the maintenance of reproductive fitness of the species. However, with the advent of assisted reproductive techniques (ART), we are now able to overcome sterility and bypass nature's protective mechanisms that developed through evolution to prevent fertilization by defective or deficient sperm.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansInfertility, MaleMaleMendelian Randomization AnalysisReproductive Techniques, AssistedSpermatogenesis

Identifiers

PMID21382200
PMCPMC3654696
OpenAlexW2103141827

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