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<journal>
<title>International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine</title>
<title_fa>International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine</title_fa>
<short_title>IJRM</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://ijrm.ir</web_url>
<journal_hbi_system_id>1</journal_hbi_system_id>
<journal_hbi_system_user>admin</journal_hbi_system_user>
<journal_id_issn>2476-4108</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2476-3772</journal_id_issn_online>
<journal_id_pii></journal_id_pii>
<journal_id_doi>10.29252/ijrm</journal_id_doi>
<journal_id_iranmedex></journal_id_iranmedex>
<journal_id_magiran></journal_id_magiran>
<journal_id_sid></journal_id_sid>
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<language>en</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1401</year>
	<month>3</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2022</year>
	<month>6</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>20</volume>
<number>6</number>
<publish_type>online</publish_type>
<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
<article_type>fulltext</article_type>
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	<article>


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	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa>بررسی ارتباط پلی مورفیسم های جدید از ژن های گیرنده آندروژن و گیرنده آلفا استروژن با ناباروری مردان در شمال غرب ایران: یک مطالعه مورد شاهدی</title_fa>
	<title>Association study of novel single nucleotide polymorphisms of androgen receptor and estrogen receptor-α genes with male infertility in North West of Iran: a case- control study</title>
	<subject_fa></subject_fa>
	<subject>Reproductive Urology</subject>
	<content_type_fa>Original Article</content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Original Article</content_type>
	<abstract_fa>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;مقدمه: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;مطالعات اندکی در خصوص بررسی ارتباط پلی&amp;shy;مورفیسم&amp;shy;های تک&amp;shy;نوکلئوتیدی ژن&amp;shy;های گیرنده آندروژن (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;) و گیرنده آلفا استروژن (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ER-&amp;alpha;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;) با احتمال ناباروری مردان صورت گرفته است. بررسی این موضوع به ویژه در ایران که ناباروری مردان نسبتاً شایع و رو به افزایش است بسیار حائز اهمیت است.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;هدف:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; این مطالعه به منظور بررسی ارتباط بین &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;SNP&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;های مختلف این ژن&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span arial=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;&amp;shy;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;ها با&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;ناباروری مردان در جمعیت ایران طراحی گردید.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;مواد و روش&amp;shy;ها: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;پروژه حاضر یک مطالعه مورد شاهدی مبتنی بر جمعیت بود که بر روی 120 مورد آزواسپرمی ایدیوپاتیک یا الیگواسپرمی شدید و همچنین 120 نفر از افراد هم سن به عنوان گروه شاهد انجام شد. در کل، سه واریانت از ژن &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; شامل &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR rs137852568&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;، &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR rs137852599&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; و&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;rs137852563&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; و دو واریانت از ژن &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ER-&amp;alpha;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; شامل &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ER-&amp;alpha; rs796065354&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; و &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ER-&amp;alpha; rs104893956&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; با استفاده از روش&amp;shy;های &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ARMS-PCR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; بررسی شدند.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;نتایج: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;نتایج به دست آمده ارتباط معنی&amp;shy;داری را بین ژنوتیپ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR rs1378525568 TT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;و همچنین آلل&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR rs137852599 C&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;با احتمال ناباروری مردان نشان داد (به ترتیب 951/0-197/0 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;CI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;، 433/0 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;OR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; و&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;978/0-304/0 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;CI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;، 545/0 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;OR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;). این واریانت&amp;shy;ها ممکن است تأثیر محافظتی بر باروری مردان داشته باشند. سایر واریانت&amp;shy;های &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;در ارتباط با ناباروری مردان نبودند. ارتباط قابل توجهی بین ژنوتیپ&amp;shy;های پلی&amp;shy;مورفیسم &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ER-&amp;alpha;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;rs796065354&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; با ناباروری مردان مشاهده شد. این ارتباط معنی&amp;shy;دار بین &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ER-&amp;alpha; rs104893956&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; و احتمال ابتلا به آزواسپرمی ایدیوپاتیک یا الیگوسپرمی شدید دیده نشد. غالبیت هتروزیگوتی در واریانت &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ESR rs796065354&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; مشاهده شد اما در سایر واریانت&amp;shy;های مورد مطالعه مشاهده نشد.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;direction:rtl&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;unicode-bidi:embed&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;نتیجه&amp;shy;گیری:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt;شواهد حاکی از وجود ارتباط بین پلی&amp;shy;مورفیسم&amp;shy;های جدید ژن&amp;shy;های &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;AR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; و &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:10.0pt&quot;&gt;ER-&amp;alpha;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span b=&quot;&quot; mitra=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot;&gt; که قبلا بررسی نشده بودند، با ناباروری مردان بود. مطالعات بیشتر در جوامع بزرگتر برای تأیید یافته&amp;shy;ها و نعمیم آنها لازم است.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-size:11.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</abstract_fa>
	<abstract>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span sans-serif=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Calibri,&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;Background: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;Observational evidence on the association of novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) of androgen receptor (&lt;i&gt;AR&lt;/i&gt;) and estrogen receptor-&amp;alpha; (&lt;i&gt;ER-&amp;alpha;&lt;/i&gt;) genes with odds of male infertility are rare. This is particularly relevant in Iranian population where male infertility is relatively high.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span sans-serif=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Calibri,&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;Objective: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;This study was designed to investigate the relationship between different SNPs of these genes and male infertility among Iranian population.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span sans-serif=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Calibri,&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt; The present project was a population-based, case-control study conducted on 120 idiopathic azoospermia or severe oligospermia infertile cases alongside 120 age-matched subjects enrolled as controls. Overall, 3 variants from the &lt;i&gt;AR&lt;/i&gt; gene and 2 variants from &lt;i&gt;ER-&amp;alpha;&lt;/i&gt; were genotyped - &lt;i&gt;ARrs137852568&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;ARrs137852599&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;AR rs137852563&lt;/i&gt; and&lt;i&gt; ER-&amp;alpha; rs796065354&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;ER-&amp;alpha;rs104893956- &lt;/i&gt;using amplification refractory mutation system methods.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span sans-serif=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Calibri,&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;Results: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;Obtained results indicated a significant association between &lt;i&gt;AR rs1378525568&lt;/i&gt; TT genotype as well as &lt;i&gt;AR rs137852599&lt;/i&gt; C allele with odds of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt; male infertility (OR: 0.433, CI: 0.197-0.951 and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt; OR: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;0.545, CI: 0.304-0.978, respectively&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;). Other variants of &lt;i&gt;AR&lt;/i&gt; were not related to male infertility. A significant association was noted between predisposition polymorphism &lt;i&gt;ER-&amp;alpha; rs796065354&lt;/i&gt; genotypes with male infertility. This significant association was not seen between&lt;i&gt; ER-&amp;alpha; rs104893956&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;the risk of idiopathic azoospermia &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;or severe oligospermia. Heterozygote overdominance was also observed in &lt;i&gt;ESR rs796065354&lt;/i&gt; but not in the other variants studied.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;RTL&quot; lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-justify:inter-ideograph&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span sans-serif=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Calibri,&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;Pieces of evidence were found&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;on the association of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;novel polymorphisms of &lt;i&gt;AR &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;ER-&amp;alpha;&lt;/i&gt; with male infertility among the Iranian population. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span new=&quot;&quot; roman=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&quot; times=&quot;&quot;&gt;However, larger studies are warranted to confirm our findings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:12.0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</abstract>
	<keyword_fa>ناباروری مردان, آندروژن رسپتور, استروژن رسپتور آلفا.</keyword_fa>
	<keyword>Male infertility, Androgen receptor, Estrogen receptor-α.</keyword>
	<start_page>501</start_page>
	<end_page>510</end_page>
	<web_url>http://ijrm.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1761-2&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=1</web_url>


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	<first_name>Elham</first_name>
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	<first_name>Seyed Abdolhamid</first_name>
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	<affiliation>Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
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	<first_name>Maryam</first_name>
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	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
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	<first_name>Mohammad Reza</first_name>
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