Functional Investigation of a Novel PIWIL4 Mutation in Nonobstructive Azoospermia During the First Wave of Spermatogenesis

PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that are almost exclusively expressed in germ cells to silence harmful transposons to maintain genome stability. PIWIL4 is guided by its associated piRNAs to transposable elements, where it recruits the DNA methylation apparatus and instructs d...

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Published in:	Biomolecules
Main Authors:	Xiayu Wang, Qian Du, Wanqian Li, Zhongyu Zou, Chikun Wang, Yan Zhou, Zhibin Hu, Yayun Gu, Feng Li
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-02-01
Subjects:	PIWIL4 LINE-1 infertility missense mutation spermatogenesis retrotransposon
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/2/297