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A simplified gene-specific screen for Y chromosome deletions in infertile men
Yen-Ni Teng1, Ying-Hung Lin, Yung-Chieh Tsai
1Department of Early Childhood Education and Nursery, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan.
Objective:
To test the diagnostic efficiency of a gene-specific, five-marker screening strategy for the detection of Y chromosome deletions.
Design:
Prospective case study.
Setting:
University genetics laboratory and reproductive clinics.
Patient(S):
Six hundred twenty-seven infertile men and 212 fertile men.
Intervention(S):
Peripheral blood samples were screened for Y chromosome deletions in a triple-blind fashion using three protocols: protocol I consisted of five gene-specific markers, including USP9Y, DBY, SMCY, RBM1, and DAZ; protocol II included 14 gene-specific markers; and protocol III consisted of six sequence-tagged sites (STSs) markers recommended by EAA/EMQN.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Deletion status of Y chromosome genes or sequence-tagged sites.
Result(S):
Protocols I and II identified the same 41 infertile patients with Y deletions. Protocol III identified 38 infertile patients with Y deletions, and all 38 patients were also identified by protocols I and II. One patient with isolated USP9Y deletion and two patients with isolated DBY deletions, as detected by protocols I and II, could not be identified by protocol III.
Conclusion(S):
We observed mostly consistent results between our protocols and the EAA/EMQN protocol. This gene-specific, five-marker screening panel provides the same diagnostic efficiency as the EAA/EMQN protocol and may be considered an alternative to the EAA/EMQN protocol.
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