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The polymorphism (-600 C>A) of CpG methylation site at the promoter region of CYP17A1 and its association of male infertility and testosterone levels.
Gene - 15 Jan 2014
Park Jung-Hoon, Lee Jinu, Kim Cheol-Hee, Lee Suman
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P450, family 17, subfamily A, polypeptide 1 (CYP17A1) is a key regulatory enzyme in the steroidogenic pathway. The functional and clinical relevance of novel CYP17A1 promoter single nucleotide polymorphism (-600 C>A, rs17115149) was investigated with male infertility. Case-control association study of CYP17A1 from 456 infertile men performed with 465 normal fertile men. The rs17115149 at the promoter...
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