Table 1 List of datasets that met the inclusion criteria.

From: Using publicly available transcriptomic data to identify mechanistic and diagnostic biomarkers in azoospermia and overall male infertility

Series number

Title

Samples

Organism

GSE145467

Transcriptome changes in patients with severely impaired spermatogenesis

Control (n = 10)

Disease (Impaired spermatogenesis; n = 10)

Homo sapiens

GSE108886

Spermatogenomics: correlating testicular gene expression to human male infertility

Control (n = pooled)

Disease (NOA, OA; n = 11)

Homo sapiens

GSE45887

The gene expression analysis of paracrine/autocrine factors in patients with spermatogenetic failure compared to normal spermatogenesis

Control (n = 4)

Disease (NOA; n = 16)

Homo sapiens

GSE45885

Potential biomarkers of nonobstructive azoospermia identified in microarray gene expression analysis

Control (n = 4)

Disease (NOA; n = 27)

Homo sapiens

GSE25518

Testis developmental gene expression in cryptorchid boys at risk of azoospermia

Control (n = 4)

Disease (Cryptorchidism; n = 18)

Homo sapiens

GSE9210

A testicular gene expression profile for NOA patients, and ART3 as a genetic susceptibility gene for NOA

NOA (n = 47)

OA (n = 11)

Homo sapiens

  1. Experimental type = Expression profiling by array; NOA = non-obstructive azoospermia; OA = obstructive azoospermia.