Bringing epigenetics into the diagnostics of the andrology laboratory: challenges and perspectives.

What it found

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Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

1. A Comparative Cross-Platform Analysis to Identify Potential Biomarker Genes for Evaluation of Teratozoospermia and Azoospermia.Genes · 2022
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3. Impact of DNA methylation of the human mesoderm-specific transcript (Heliyon · 2023
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4. Sperm miR-34c-5p Transcript Content and Its Association with Sperm Parameters in Unexplained Infertile Men.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2022
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5. Epigenetics of Male Infertility: The Role of DNA Methylation.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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6. Profiling the DNA methylation patterns of imprinted genes in abnormal semen samples by next-generation bisulfite sequencing.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2020
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7. Environmental Impact on Male (In)Fertility via Epigenetic Route.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020
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8. The sperm epigenome does not display recurrent epimutations in patients with severely impaired spermatogenesis.Clinical epigenetics · 2020
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9. Sperm DNA Integrity and Male Fertility in Farm Animals: A Review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020
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10. Do paternal semen parameters influence the birth weight or BMI of the offspring? A study from the Utah Population Database.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2018
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11. Guidance and Self-Sorting of Active Swimmers: 3D Periodic Arrays Increase Persistence Length of Human Sperm Selecting for the Fittest.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2018
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12. Imprinting alterations in sperm may not significantly influence ART outcomes and imprinting patterns in the cord blood of offspring.PloS one · 2017
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13. Epigenetics: A key paradigm in reproductive health.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2016
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14. The role of epigenetics in idiopathic male infertility.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2016
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15. [Social freezing - the male perspective].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2016
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16. Environmental Impact on DNA Methylation in the Germline: State of the Art and Gaps of Knowledge.BioMed research international · 2015
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17. Limitations of semen analysis as a test of male fertility and anticipated needs from newer tests.Fertility and sterility · 2014
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18. Prospects for clinically relevant epigenetic tests in the andrology laboratory.Asian journal of andrology
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Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Funding

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Abstract

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