Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

Immune and spermatogenesis-related loci are involved in the development of extreme patterns of male infertility

  • Miriam Cerván-Martín,
  • Frank Tüttelmann,
  • Alexandra M. Lopes,
  • Lara Bossini-Castillo,
  • Rocío Rivera-Egea,
  • Nicolás Garrido,
  • Saturnino Lujan,
  • Gema Romeu,
  • Samuel Santos-Ribeiro,
  • José A. Castilla,
  • M. Carmen Gonzalvo,
  • Ana Clavero,
  • Vicente Maldonado,
  • F. Javier Vicente,
  • Sara González-Muñoz,
  • Andrea Guzmán-Jiménez,
  • Miguel Burgos,
  • Rafael Jiménez,
  • Alberto Pacheco,
  • Cristina González,
  • Susana Gómez,
  • David Amorós,
  • Jesus Aguilar,
  • Fernando Quintana,
  • Carlos Calhaz-Jorge,
  • Ana Aguiar,
  • Joaquim Nunes,
  • Sandra Sousa,
  • Isabel Pereira,
  • Maria Graça Pinto,
  • Sónia Correia,
  • Josvany Sánchez-Curbelo,
  • Olga López-Rodrigo,
  • Javier Martín,
  • Iris Pereira-Caetano,
  • Patricia I. Marques,
  • Filipa Carvalho,
  • Alberto Barros,
  • Jörg Gromoll,
  • Lluís Bassas,
  • Susana Seixas,
  • João Gonçalves,
  • Sara Larriba,
  • Sabine Kliesch,
  • Rogelio J. Palomino-Morales,
  • F. David Carmona

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04192-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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A GWAS in a large case-control cohort of European ancestry identifies two genomic regions, the MHC class II gene HLA-DRB1 and an upstream locus of VRK1, that are associated with the most severe phenotype of spermatogenic failure.