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Here, we report a male patient from a nonconsanguineous Chinese family who exhibited a typical MMAF phenotype revealed by morphological analysis. We identified splicing mutations in <jats:italic>CFAP251<\/jats:italic> (c.1192-3C&amp;gt;G), and the mutation was proven to cause exon skipping. In addition, western blotting and immunofluorescence analysis of the spermatozoa from the proband and a control subject revealed a significantly lower expression of CFAP251 protein due to pathogenic mutation. Interestingly, the patient\u2019s mother was a heterozygous carrier for the mutation, but his father was not, and finally, the inheritance pattern was proven to be maternal uniparental disomy. We applied an intracytoplasmic sperm injection and achieved a successful pregnancy. Above all, our findings expand the spectrum of <jats:italic>CFAP251<\/jats:italic> pathogenic mutations and provide more indications for clinical genetic counseling and assisted reproductive treatment for such patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2021.783790","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,11]],"date-time":"2022-01-11T05:32:52Z","timestamp":1641879172000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Successful Results of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection of a Chinese Patient With Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of Sperm Flagella Caused by a Novel Splicing Mutation in CFAP251"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Jiaxiong","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ce","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hui","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aiyan","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shenmin","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jingjing","family":"Xiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"37","DOI":"10.1186\/s12958-015-0032-1","article-title":"A Unique View on Male Infertility Around the Globe","volume":"13","author":"Agarwal","year":"2015","journal-title":"Reprod. 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