mtDNA deletions responsible for unsuccessful pregnancy after in- vitro fertilization

Abstract

This is a Letter to the Editor and does not have an abstract.

References
[1] Mirabutalebi SH, Karami N, Ashrafzadeh HR, Akhvansales Z, Tavakoli M, Ghasemi N. Detection of 4977-bp deletion of mitochondrial DNA in in vitro fertilization failure women: A case-control study. Int J Reprod Biomed 2018; 16: 571–576.

[2] Zhang S, Tong AL, Zhang Y, Nie M, Li YX, Wang H. Heteroplasmy level of the mitochondrial tRNaLeu(UUR) A3243G mutation in a Chinese family is positively associated with earlier age-of-onset and increasing severity of diabetes. Chin Med Sci J 2009; 24: 20–25.

[3] Milani L, Ghiselli F. Mitochondrial activity in gametes and transmission of viable mtDNA. Biol Direct 2015; 10: 22–43.

[4] Guo ZS, Jin CL, Yao ZJ, Wang YM, Xu BT. Analysis of the mitochondrial 4977 Bp deletion in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Balkan J Med Genet 2017; 20: 81–86.

[5] Salehi Z, Haghighi A, Haghighi S, Aminian K, Asl SF, Mashayekhi F. Mitochondrial DNA deletion Δ4977 in peptic ulcer disease. Mol Biol (Mosk) 2017; 51: 37–41.

[6] Ambulkar PS, Chuadhari AR, Pal AK. Association of large scale 4977-bp ”common” deletions in sperm mitochondrial DNA with asthenozoospermia and oligoasthenoteratozoospermia. J Hum Reprod Sci 2016; 9: 35–40.

[7] Li T, Chen GL, Lan H, Mao L, Zeng B. Prevalence of the 4977-bp and 4408-bp mitochondrial DNA deletions in mesenteric arteries from patients with colorectal cancer. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2016; 27: 3774–3776.

[8] Dimberg J, Hong TT, Nguyen LTT, Skarstedt M, Löfgren S, Matussek A. Common 4977 bp deletion and novel alterations in mitochondrial DNA in Vietnamese patients with breast cancer. Springerplus 2015; 4: 58–64.

[9] Gashti NG, Salehi Z, Madani AH, Dalivandan ST. 4977-bp mitochondrial DNA deletion in infertile patients with varicocele. Andrologia 2014; 46: 258–262.

[10] Poulton J, Finsterer J, Yu-Wai-Man P. Genetic counselling for maternally inherited mitochondrial disorders. Mol Diagn Ther 2017; 21: 419–429.