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Therefore, the association between\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">DEFB126<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene polymorphisms and asthenozoospermia requires further investigation. Screening was performed by semen analysis, karyotype analysis, and Y microdeletion detection, and 102 fertile men and 106 men with asthenozoospermia in Chengdu, China, were selected for\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">DEFB126<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene sequence analyses. Seven nucleotide mutations and two nucleotide deletions in the\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">DEFB126<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene were detected. rs11467417 (317\u2013318\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">del\/del<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), rs11467497 (163\u2013166\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">wt\/del<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), c.152T&gt;C, and c.227A&gt;G were significantly different between the control and asthenozoospermia groups, likely representing high-risk genetic factors for asthenozoospermia among males.\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">DEFB126<\/jats:italic>\n                    expression was not observed in sperm with rs11467497 homozygous deletion and was unstable in sperm with rs11467417 homozygous deletion. The rs11467497 four-nucleotide deletion leads to truncation of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">DEFB126<\/jats:italic>\n                    at the carboxy-terminus, and the rs11467417 binucleotide deletion produces a non-stop messenger RNA (mRNA). The above deletions may be responsible for male hypofertility and infertility by reducing\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">DEFB126<\/jats:italic>\n                    affinity to sperm surfaces. Based on in silico analysis, the amino acids 51M and 76K are located in the highly conserved domain; c.152T&gt;C (M51T) and c.227A&gt;G (K76R) are predicted to be damaging and capable of changing alternative splice, structural and posttranslational modification sites of the RNA, as well as the secondary structure, structural stability, and hydrophobicity of the protein, suggesting that these mutations are associated with asthenozoospermia.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4103\/aja2021115","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,5]],"date-time":"2022-04-05T03:19:19Z","timestamp":1649128759000},"page":"607-614","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["DEFB126 polymorphisms and association with idiopathic asthenozoospermia in China"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Jiao-Yu","family":"He","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of 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