SPINK2 deficiency causes infertility by inducing sperm defects in heterozygotes and azoospermia in homozygotes

SPINK2 deficiency causes infertility by inducing sperm defects in heterozygotes and azoospermia in homozygotes

Abstract Azoospermia, characterized by the absence of spermatozoa in the ejaculate, is a common cause of male infertility with a poorly characterized etiology. Exome sequencing analysis of two azoospermic brothers allowed the identification of a homozygous splice mutation in SPINK2, encoding a serin...

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Main Authors: Zine‐Eddine Kherraf, Marie Christou‐Kent, Thomas Karaouzene, Amir Amiri‐Yekta, Guillaume Martinez, Alexandra S Vargas, Emeline Lambert, Christelle Borel, Béatrice Dorphin, Isabelle Aknin‐Seifer, Michael J Mitchell, Catherine Metzler‐Guillemain, Jessica Escoffier, Serge Nef, Mariane Grepillat, Nicolas Thierry‐Mieg, Véronique Satre, Marc Bailly, Florence Boitrelle, Karin Pernet‐Gallay, Sylviane Hennebicq, Julien Fauré, Serge P Bottari, Charles Coutton, Pierre F Ray, Christophe Arnoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2017-08-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
Subjects:
azoospermia
exome sequencing
genetics
infertility
spermatogenesis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201607461

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