Global human tissue profiling and protein network analysis reveals distinct levels of transcriptional germline-specificity and identifies target genes for male infertility
Author(s) -
Frédéric Chalmel,
Aurélie Lardenois,
Bertrand Evrard,
Romain Mathiéu,
Caroline Feig,
Philippe Demougin,
Alexandre Gattiker,
Wolfgang Schulze,
Bernard Jégou,
Christiane Kirchhoff,
Michael Primig
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/des301
Subject(s) - biology , germline , somatic cell , germ cell , interactome , transcriptome , genetics , gene expression profiling , male infertility , gene , gametogenesis , phenotype , gene expression , infertility , embryogenesis , pregnancy
Mammalian spermatogenesis is a process that involves a complex expression program in both somatic and germ cells present in the male gonad. A number of studies have attempted to define the transcriptome of male meiosis and gametogenesis in rodents and primates. Few human transcripts, however, have been associated with testicular somatic cells and germ cells at different post-natal developmental stages and little is known about their level of germline-specificity compared with non-testicular tissues.
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