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Novel variants in PADI6 genes cause female infertility due to early embryo arrest.
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics - 1 Dec 2024
Zhou Juepu, Mao Ruolin, Gao Limin, Wang Meng, Long Rui, Wang Xiangfei, Li Zhou, Jin Lei, Zhu Lixia
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PURPOSE: Early embryo arrest is characterized by premature termination of development in preimplantation embryos. Human subcortical maternal complex (SCMC) is a protein complex that is specifically expressed in mammalian oocytes and early embryos and is essential for embryonic cell division. Peptidyl arginine deiminase 6 (PADI6) is proven to be a member of SCMC. Variants in the PADI6 gene have been shown to...
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