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What the human sperm methylome tells us

Overview of attention for article published in Epigenomics, September 2017
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Title
What the human sperm methylome tells us
Published in
Epigenomics, September 2017
DOI 10.2217/epi-2017-0049
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Cristina Camprub, Riccardo Aiese Cigliano, Albert Salas-Huetos, Nicolas Garrido, Joan Blanco

Abstract

To characterize the sperm methylome in semen samples from 19 donors with proven fertility. Bisulfite-converted sperm DNA was hybridized on the HumanMethylation450 Infinium BeadChip platform. CpG fluorescence intensities were extracted and converted to β-values. The sperm methylome is highly homogeneous and hypomethylated. Genes with hypomethylated promoters are ontologically associated to biological functions related to spermatogenesis and embryogenesis. Sex chromosomes are the most hypomethylated chromosomes, supporting data that indicated their essential role in spermatogenesis. A total of 94 genes are resistant to demethylation, being strong candidates for transgenerational inheritance. Spermatozoa carry a homogeneous methylation profile that is a footprint of past events (spermatogenesis), is designed to facilitate future events (embryogenesis) and has a possible influence in the adult life (transgenerational effects).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 41 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 24%
Researcher 8 20%
Student > Master 4 10%
Professor 3 7%
Student > Bachelor 2 5%
Other 6 15%
Unknown 8 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 10%
Environmental Science 1 2%
Computer Science 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 10 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 October 2022.
All research outputs
#7,211,570
of 25,393,528 outputs
Outputs from Epigenomics
#255
of 1,152 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#105,046
of 323,225 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Epigenomics
#10
of 28 outputs
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