Genetic epidemiology of male infertility (MI) in Arabs: a systematic review
Sarah Okashah A , Taghreed Abunada A and Hatem Zayed
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A Department of Biomedical Science, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, QU Health, Doha, Qatar.
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 34(14) 905-919 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD21343
Published online: 31 August 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing
Abstract
Although Male Infertility (MI) in Arabs is fairly common, there is a dearth in published reports of genetic epidemiology of MI among Arabs. This study aimed to review the existing literature reporting the variants that are associated with MI in the 22 Arab countries. We searched four literature databases (PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science) from the time of inception until April 2021 using broad search terms to capture all reported genetic data related to Arab patients with MI. Our search strategy identified 3488 articles, of these 34 were eligible for this systemic review. We retrieved data from nine Arab Countries (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon). Only 2597 patients and 10 families with MI were identified and compared to 3721 controls. Our search strategy identified 25 genes, including 89 variants: 52.7% are shared with other ethnic groups, 41.7% are unique to Arab patients, and 5.6% are common among Arabs. Azoospermia (41.18%) was the most frequently reported phenotype. This is the first systematic review to capture reported variants associated with MI among the Arab populations. Although Arabs seem to share genetic profiles with other ethnicities, they have distinctive genotype-phenotype correlations for some of genetic variants.
Keywords: Arabs, azoospermia, genes, genetic epidemiology, genotype-phenotype correlation, male infertility, reproduction, sperms, variants.
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