Article
IL-1RA VNTR and IL-1α 4845G>T polymorphisms and risk of idiopathic male infertility in Iranian men: A case-control study and an in silico analysis.
Andrologia - 1 Nov 2018
Zamani-Badi Tayyebeh, Nikzad Hossein, Karimian Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to investigate the association of IL-1RA VNTR and IL-1α 4845G>T polymorphisms with idiopathic male infertility followed by an in silico analysis. In a case-control study, we collected blood samples from 230 infertile and 230 healthy men. Genotyping of IL-1RA VNTR was performed by PCR whereas IL-1α 4845G>T was genotyped by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. An in...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Computer Simulation
- Humans
- Infertility, Male
- Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
- Interleukin-1alpha
- Iran
- Male
- Minisatellite Repeats
