Genetic Defects in DNAH2 Underlie Male Infertility With Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella in Humans and Mice
Hwang JY, Nawaz S, Choi J, Wang H, Hussain S, Nawaz M, Lopez-Giraldez F, Jeong K, Dong W, Oh JN, Bilguvar K, Mane S, Lee CK, Bystroff C, Lifton RP, Ahmad W, Chung JJ. Genetic Defects in DNAH2 Underlie Male Infertility With Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella in Humans and Mice. Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology 2021, 9: 662903. PMID: 33968937, PMCID: PMC8103034, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.662903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiple morphological abnormalitiesMale infertility casesMorphological abnormalitiesWhole-exome sequencingIrregular flagellaInfertility casesSperm flagella formationMMAF phenotypeSevere formMale infertilityAsthenozoospermic patientsMutant miceNon-synonymous variantsAbnormalitiesRecessive variantsCellular mechanismsGenetic factorsMMAFGenetic defectsPatientsMiceHeavy chain domainSperm morphologyAsthenozoospermiaSperm motility