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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2017

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) rs2066853 gene polymorphism association with infertile oligoasthenoteratozoospermic men and seminal oxidative stress.

Taymour Mostafa, Hanan Fouad, Nashaat Nabil, Laila Rashed, Dina Sabry, Khadiga Abougabal, Bolis S Gendy

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a new frontier in male reproductive system.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Taymour MostafaDepartment of Andrology, Sexology& STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt. taymour1155@link.net.
Hanan FouadDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Nashaat NabilDepartment of Andrology, Sexology& STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Laila RashedDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Dina SabryDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Khadiga AbougabalDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Bolis S GendyDepartment of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Cairo University · EGBeni-Suef University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the association between aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) rs2066853 gene polymorphism with infertile oligoasthenoteratozoospermic (OAT) men and seminal oxidative stress (OS). A total of 170 Egyptian men were allocated according to their semen analysis into fertile normozoospermic controls (n = 50) and infertile OAT men (n = 120). They were subjected to history taking, clinical examination, semen analysis, estimation of seminal glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and malondialdehyde (MDA). AhR rs2066853 gene polymorphism was identified in the blood by PCR-RFLP. Comparing infertile OAT men with fertile controls, AhR rs2066853 genotypes showed decreased prevalence for wild homozygous genotype GG (35.8 vs 56%) and for heterozygous genotype GA (17.5 vs 30%) and an increased prevalence for homozygous genotype AA (46.7 vs 14%). Distribution of alleles of AhR rs2066853 among OAT men compared with fertile men showed decreased prevalence of G allele (44.6 vs 71%) and an increased prevalence of A allele (55.4 vs 29%). Seminal MDA demonstrated significant increase whereas seminal GPx demonstrated significant decrease in cases with AA and GA/AA genotypes compared to cases with GG genotype. It is concluded that there is a significant association between AhR rs2066853 genotype polymorphism with decreased sperm parameters as well as increased seminal oxidative stress in infertile OAT men.

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AdultAllelesCase-Control StudiesEgyptFertilityGenotypeGlutathione PeroxidaseHumansInfertility, MaleMaleMalondialdehydeOxidative StressPolymorphism, GeneticReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonSemenSemen AnalysisGlutathione PeroxidaseMalondialdehydeReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonAryl hydrocarbon receptorMale infertilityOligoasthenoteratozoospermiaOxidative stressPolymorphismrs2066853

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