CAG repeat length of the androgen receptor gene in Japanese males with cryptorchidism

Authors
Sasagawa, I Suzuki, Y Tateno, T Nakada, T Muroya, K Ogata, T
Citation
I. Sasagawa et al., CAG repeat length of the androgen receptor gene in Japanese males with cryptorchidism, MOL HUM REP, 6(11), 2000, pp. 973-975
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Cell & Developmental Biology
Journal title
MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION
ISSN journal
13609947 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
973 - 975
Database
ISI
SICI code
1360-9947(200011)6:11<973:CRLOTA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We have analysed the CAG repeat length in exon 1 of the androgen receptor g ene in 48 Japanese males with cryptorchidism and 100 fertile Japanese males . The CAG repeat length was 23.4 +/- 0.48 (mean +/- SE) (range 16-32, media n 23) in cryptorchid patients and 23.5 +/- 0.29 (range 15-32, median 23) in normal males. There was no significant difference between the two groups. The expansion of the CAG repeats in axon 1 of the androgen receptor gene is unlikely to constitute a major cause of cryptorchidism.