Abstract

MOLECULAR STUDY OF SLC2A9 GENE IN DIABETIC ASTHENOZOOSPERMIC IRAQI PATIENTS

Sara Harith Abdul-Razaaq* and Prof. Dr. Waleed Hameed Yousif

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the molecular aspects of SLC2A9 gene in diabetic patients’ type 2 with asthenozoospermia and changes associated with sperm motility. The study included semen and blood samples collected from 44 patients and 20 healthy control. Twenty non-diabetic asthenozoospermic, twelve diabetic asthenozoospermic, twelve diabetic normozoospermic patients and twenty non-diabetic normozoospermic men serving as the healthy control group, from the consulting clinic of the High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies/ Al- Nahrain University. Average ages of patients and control group were (20-64) years. Sperm motility was investigated for both patients and control according to (WHO, 2010). Sperm progressive motility showed a significant decrease (p

Keywords: This study was asthenozoospermia control.