The association between mutations in ubiquitin-specific protease 26 (USP26) and male infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: During recent decades, the association between mutations in ubiquitin-specific protease 26 (USP26) and male infertility remains doubtful. We conducted this meta-analysis to evaluate the association between mutations in USP26 and male infertility according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines. It was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO; CRD42021225251). PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus were systematically searched for comparative clinical studies, which were written in English and provided eligible data. Studies were included when they compared USP26 mutations in azoospermic, oligozoospermic, and asthenozoospermic patients with controls with normal sperm parameter values or whose

SUBMITTER: Li QY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9295465 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature