Seminal extracellular vesicle sncRNA profiles reveal miRNAs/isomiRs as predictive biomarkers of testicular sperm retrieval outcome in azoospermic patients
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ABSTRACT: Non-invasive molecular biomarkers for differential diagnosis of the origin of azoospermia into obstructive azoospermia (OA) or secretory azoospermia (SA), as well as for prediction of the presence of residual spermatogenesis in testicular tissue of patients presenting with SA, are of great interest for TESE outcome prediction in assisted reproduction. Our previous study of several hundreds of miRNAs suggested the use of some sEV-miRNAs from seminal plasma as biomarkers for the origin of azoospermia. In this regard, studying more in depth sncRNAs in EVs from semen of azoospermic individuals will be useful to select additional non-invasive biomarkers with diagnostic/prognostic purposes which could help in the identification of those individuals with real chances of positive sperm recovery on the testicular biopsy prior to assisted reproduction technology (ART) treatment. A high-throughput sncRNA profiling analysis using paired-end small RNA-seq was performed in seminal sEVs from azoospermia and normozoospermic individuals.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE217716 | GEO | 2023/10/31
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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