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ea0049ep1176 | Male Reproduction | ECE2017

Methylation of the CPG islands from MTHFR promoter in male infertility

Vladoiu Suzana , Botezatu Anca , Dinu Draganescu Daniela , Manda Dana , Oros Sabina , Paun Diana , Rosca Roxana , Badiu Corin , Anton Gabriela

: A large number of studies are now focused on the causes of male infertility. Among these are epigenetic modifications, which are important contributors to reproductive pathology in the male by providing dynamic changes of the phenotype according to the environmental and metabolic factors. The most known epigenetic modification is DNA methylation and alterations in this pattern in several genes could induce male infertility. Alterations in DNA methylation patterns in several ...