Frequency of TNFR1 36 A/G gene polymorphism in azoospermic infertile men: A case-control study

• Main Authors: Hamid Reza Ashrafzadeh (Author), Tahere Nazari (Author), Masoud Dehghan Tezerjani (Author), Maryam Khademi Bami (Author), Saeed Ghasemi-Esmailabad (Author), Nasrin Ghasemi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is a multifunctional cytokine that regulates different cellular activities related to spermatogenesis. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptor 1 (TNFR1) mediates TNF-α activity and polymorphism in TNFR1 could lead to gene dysfunction a...