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. 2014 Jul;31(7):873-9.
doi: 10.1007/s10815-014-0244-x. Epub 2014 May 7.

Genetic study of Hormad1 and Hormad2 with non-obstructive azoospermia patients in the male Chinese population

Bing Song  1 , Xiaojin He, Weidong Du, Yan Zhang, Jian Ruan, Fusheng Zhou, Xian-bo Zuo, Huan Wu, Xing Zha, Shuhua Liu, Xu-shi Xie, Lei Ye, Zhaolian Wei, Ping Zhou, Yun-xia Cao
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Genetic study of Hormad1 and Hormad2 with non-obstructive azoospermia patients in the male Chinese population

Bing Song et al. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the association of the Hormad1 and Hormad2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) variants with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) in the Chinese population.

Methods: In the present study, we assessed 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of Hormad1 and Hormad2 using Sequenom iplex technology in 361 NOA cases and 368 normal controls from Chinese population.

Results: We observed no statistical differences in the distribution of allele frequencies. Further genetic model analysis and haplotype analysis also showed no significant difference between the two groups. However, we found that genotype distribution of rs718772 of Hormad2 was significantly different between the larger testis group (average testis volume ≥10 ml) and the small testis group (average testis volume <10 ml) in the NOA patients (P = 0.035).

Conclusions: In conclusion, Hormad1 and Hormad2 might not be the susceptible genes for the non-obstructive azoospermia in our study population. However, rs718772 of Hormad2 variant might be associated with testis development in NOA patients.

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