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Analysis of STAG3 variants in Chinese non-obstructive azoospermia patients with germ cell maturation arrest.
Scientific reports - 12 May 2021
Liu Wen, Gao Xuan, Zhang Haobo, Liu Ran, Cao Yongzhi, Yu Ruimei, Fang Ge, Ma Jinlong, Zhao Shidou
Abstract excerpt
STAG3 is essential for male meiosis and testis of male Stag3-/- mice shows the histopathological type of germ cell maturation arrest (MA). Whether variants of the STAG3 gene exist in Chinese idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) patients needs to be determined. We recruited 58 Chinese NOA men with MA who underwent testis biopsy and 192 fertile men as the control group. The 34 exons of the STAG3 gene were...
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