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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2019

Association of single nucleotide polymorphism c.673C>A/p.Gln225Lys in SEPT12 gene with spermatogenesis failure in male idiopathic infertility in Northeast China.

Dongfeng Geng, Xiao Yang, Hongguo Zhang, Xiaojun Liu, Yang Yu, Yuting Jiang, Ruizhi Liu, Guirong Zhang

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dongfeng Geng1 Center for Reproductive Medicine, Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Xiao Yang1 Center for Reproductive Medicine, Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Hongguo Zhang1 Center for Reproductive Medicine, Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Xiaojun Liu2 Peking Medriv Academy of Genetics and Reproduction, Peking, China.
Yang Yu1 Center for Reproductive Medicine, Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Yuting Jiang1 Center for Reproductive Medicine, Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Ruizhi Liu1 Center for Reproductive Medicine, Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Guirong Zhang2 Peking Medriv Academy of Genetics and Reproduction, Peking, China.
Jilin University · CNZero to Three · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Male infertility is a complex multifactorial disease affecting approximately 10% of couples who want to have children. Some cases of infertility can be explained by genetic factors. Septins are members of the GTPase superfamily, which are involved in diverse biological processes including morphogenesis, compartmentalization, cytokinesis, and apoptosis. The septin 12 gene, SEPT12, is expressed exclusively in post-meiotic male germ cells and is considered as a critical gene for spermatogenesis. In this study, we evaluated 200 patients with non-obstructive azoospermia and detected mutations of 25 spermatogenesis-associated genes by targeted exome sequencing. We report a missense SEPT12 variant, c.673C>A/p.Gln225Lys, in an infertile man with non-obstructive azoospermia. The variation was located inside the GTPase domain and had a SIFT score of 0.02 (<0.50) and was considered to be 'probably damaging' by PolyPhen. This case may provide clues to help establish the relationship between SEPT12 gene alterations and some cases of idiopathic male infertility. The role of this variant should thus be investigated further.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAdultChinaHumansInfertility, MaleMalePrognosisSeptinsSpermatogenesisSEPTIN12 protein, humanSeptinsazoospermiamale infertilityseptinsingle nucleotide polymorphismspermatogenesis failure

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