ArticleBasic and clinical andrology2021
Will whole-genome sequencing become the first-line genetic analysis for male infertility in the near future?
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- A systematic review and evidence assessment of monogenic gene-disease relationships in human male infertility.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Application of Whole-Exome Sequencing in Identifying the Molecular Basis of Idiopathic Male Infertility.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Circular RNAs: novel noncoding players in male infertility.Hereditas · 2024Review
- Male Infertility: New Developments, Current Challenges, and Future Directions.The world journal of men's health · 2024Review
- The Renaissance of Male Infertility Management in the Golden Age of Andrology.The world journal of men's health · 2023Review
- The infertile individual analysis based on whole-exome sequencing in chinese multi-ethnic groups.Genes & genomics · 2023Article
- Whole-exome sequencing in patients with maturation arrest: a potential additional diagnostic tool for prevention of recurrent negative testicular sperm extraction outcomes.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Whereas the initially strategy for the genetic analysis of male infertility was based on a candidate gene approach, the development of next-generation sequencing technologies (such as whole-exome sequencing (WES)) provides an opportunity to analyze many genes in a single procedure. In order to recommend WES or whole-genome sequencing (WGS) after genetic counselling, an objective evaluation of the current genetic screening strategy for male infertility is required, even if, at present, we have to take into consideration the complexity of such a procedure, not discussed in this commentary.
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