Table 1 The top genes that showed an excess of rare, non-silent variants in the NOA patients

From: Excess of Rare Variants in Genes that are Key Epigenetic Regulators of Spermatogenesis in the Patients with Non-Obstructive Azoospermia

Gene

BURDEN

FRQWGT

UNIQ

VT

Carrier frequency (%)

OR

Fisher P

Cases

Controls

BRWD1 a

7.4 × 10−4

9.9 × 10−4

2.7 × 10−3

1.5 × 10−3

7.27

4.09

1.84

0.01

PDGFC

3.6 × 10−3

1.6 × 10−3

--

3.8 × 10−3

2.51

0.71

3.62

0.007

ATF4

4.1 × 10−3

9.1 × 10−3

--

7.9 × 10−3

2.64

0.85

3.18

0.01

LIMK2a

6.7 × 10−3

8.1 × 10−3

4.1 × 10−2

9.5 × 10−3

3.43

1.13

3.11

0.005

ADORA1a

7.5 × 10−3

7.0 × 10−3

1.5 × 10−2

2.2 × 10−2

1.72

0.42

4.11

0.02

CDA

1.3 × 10−2

2.6 × 10−2

9.4 × 10−3

2.6 × 10−2

1.85

0.56

3.32

0.03

TSSK2a

1.4 × 10−2

1.4 × 10−2

1.5 × 10−2

2.0 × 10−2

2.38

0.85

2.85

0.02

UBR2 a

1.9 × 10−2

3.0 × 10−2

--

--

5.68

3.39

1.97

0.04

USP26

2.0 × 10−2

3.2 × 10−2

1.5 × 10−2

2.0 × 10−2

1.19

0.28

4.25

0.07

TCEB3B

2.1 × 10−2

5.4 × 10−3

--

3.4 × 10−2

7.00

4.37

1.65

0.03

RAD23Ba

2.6 × 10−2

2.3 × 10−2

--

--

1.19

0.28

4.25

0.07

SOX9

2.8 × 10−2

1.9 × 10−2

--

3.1 × 10−2

1.32

0.42

3.15

0.09

SLC19A2a

3.3 × 10−2

2.6 × 10−2

1.9 × 10−2

4.7 × 10−2

1.32

0.42

3.15

0.09

VDRa

4.5 × 10−2

2.1 × 10−2

2.9 × 10−2

1.1 × 10−2

1.45

0.56

2.60

0.12

SLC19A1a

--

--

1.6 × 10−2

--

1.85

0.99

1.89

0.19

CDKN1Ba

--

--

4.9 × 10−3

--

1.32

0.56

2.36

0.18

ETV5a

--

--

2.3 × 10−2

--

0.66

0.14

4.70

0.22

RNF17 a

--

4.5 × 10−2

1.4 × 10−2

2.2 × 10−2

3.70

2.54

1.47

0.23

DNMT3B

--

--

2.5 × 10−2

--

3.96

2.82

1.42

0.25

SULT1E1a

--

--

--

2.0 × 10−2

1.19

0.56

2.12

0.27

DNMT1

--

3.9 × 10−2

--

1.3 × 10−2

1.72

0.99

1.75

0.27

  1. agenes proven to cause infertility in mouse mutants when deleted. Genes shown in bold are epigenetic regulators of spermatogenesis.