[HTML][HTML] Long noncoding RNAs: recent insights into their role in male infertility and their potential as biomarkers and therapeutic targets

S Zhao, N Heng, B Weldegebriall Sahlu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are composed of nucleotides located in the nucleus and
cytoplasm; these are transcribed by RNA polymerase II and are greater than 200 nt in …

[HTML][HTML] The role of long noncoding RNAs on male infertility: A systematic review and in silico analysis

MA Kyrgiafini, T Sarafidou, Z Mamuris - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Male infertility is a health problem affecting a huge number of couples
worldwide. For many years, scientists have focused on protein-coding genes to explore the …

[HTML][HTML] Detection and visualization of heterozygosity-rich regions and runs of homozygosity in worldwide sheep populations

A Selli, RV Ventura, PAS Fonseca, ME Buzanskas… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Heterozygosity-rich regions (HRRs) are regions of high heterozygosity,
which can harbor important genes associated with key functional traits such as immune …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of key genes affecting sperm motility in chicken based on whole-transcriptome sequencing

S Guo, Y Liu, Y Xu, K Gai, B Cong, K Xing, X Qi… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Sperm motility is an important index for the evaluation of semen quality. Improving sperm
motility is important to improve reproductive performance, promote breeding process, and …

Long noncoding RNAs in human reproductive processes and diseases

L Zhang, H Sun, X Chen - Molecular Reproduction and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Infertility has become a global disease burden. Although assisted reproductive technologies
are widely used, the assisted reproduction birth rate is no more than 30% worldwide …

Circular RNAs: novel biomarkers in spermatogenesis defects and male infertility

M Saberiyan, E Karimi, A Safi, P Movahhed… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Springer
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a new class of endogenous non-coding RNAs involved in
several cellular and biological processes, including gene expression regulation, microRNA …

Reduced expression of CFAP44 and CFAP44‐AS1 may affect sperm motility and morphology

A Kamel, M Saberiyan, R Mirfakhraie, H Teimori - Andrologia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Motility and morphology are two important characteristics of a fertile spermatozoon. CFAP44
gene encodes flagellar protein 44 involved in the formation and function of the flagella and …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the regulatory role of Linc00893 in asthenozoospermia: Insights into sperm motility and SSC viability

H Lu, D Xu, L Zhao, H Ruan… - Molecular …, 2024 - build.spandidos-publications.com
The role of long intergenic noncoding RNA 00893 (Linc00893) in asthenozoospermia (AS)
and its impact on sperm motility remains unclear The present study explored the effect of …

DNAH5 gene and its correlation with linc02220 expression and sperm characteristics

A Kamel, M Saberiyan, S Adelian, H Teimori - Molecular Biology Reports, 2022 - Springer
Background Numerous pieces of evidence show that many environmental and genetic
factors can cause male infertility. Much research in recent years has investigated the …

Identification and copy number variant analysis of enhancer regions of genes causing spinocerebellar ataxia

F Ghorbani, E de Boer, MR Fokkens… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Currently, routine diagnostics for spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) consist of analyses that look
for polyQ repeat expansions and conventional variations affecting the proteins encoded by …