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Folate and vitamin B-12 in idiopathic male infertility
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Murphy, Laurel E. (författare)
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Mills, James L. (författare)
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Molloy, Anne M. (författare)
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Qian, Cong (författare)
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Carter, Tonia C. (författare)
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- Strevens, Helena (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Obstetrik och gynekologi, Lund,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Lund),Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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- Wide-Swensson, Dag (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Obstetrik och gynekologi, Lund,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Lund),Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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- Giwercman, Aleksander (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Reproduktionsmedicin, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Reproductive medicine, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups
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Levine, Richard J. (författare)
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- 2011-08-22
- 2011
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Asian Journal of Andrology. - : Medknow. - 1008-682X .- 1745-7262. ; 13:6, s. 856-861
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Abstract
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- Although methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, a folate enzyme gene, has been associated with idiopathic male infertility, few studies have examined other folate-related metabolites and genes. We investigated whether idiopathic male infertility is associated with variants in folate, vitamin B-12 (B12) and total homocysteine (tHcy)-related genes and measured these metabolites in blood. We conducted a case-control study that included 153 men with idiopathic infertility and 184 fertile male controls recruited at the Fertility Center and Antenatal Care Center, University Hospital, Malmo and Lund, Sweden. Serum folate, red cell folate (RCF), serum B12, plasma tHcy and semen quality were measured. Subjects were genotyped for 20 common variants in 12 genes related to folate/B12/homocysteine metabolism. Metabolite concentrations and genotype distributions were compared between cases and controls using linear and logistic regression with adjustment for covariates. The phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) M175V and TCblR rs173665 polymorphisms were significantly associated with infertility (P=0.01 and P=0.009, respectively), but not with semen quality. Among non-users of supplements, infertile men had lower serum folate concentrations than fertile men (12.89 vs. 14.73 nmol l(-1); P=0.02), but there were no significant differences in RCF, B12 or tHcy. Folate, B12 and tHcy concentrations were not correlated with any semen parameters. This study provides little support for low folate or B12 status in the pathogenesis of idiopathic male infertility. Although additional data are needed to confirm these initial findings, our results suggest that PEMT and TCblR, genes involved in choline and B12 metabolism, merit further investigation in idiopathic male infertility. Asian Journal of Andrology (2011) 13, 856-861; doi: 10.1038/aja.2011.96; published online 22 August 2011
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- folate
- idiopathic male infertility
- semen quality
- vitamin B-12
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