Aissatu Balde Camara: Happy to Share My First Article as First Author on Male Infertility
Aissatu Balde Camara, PHD Student at Université Paris-Saclay, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“I am very happy to share the publication of my first article as first author!
As part of my PhD research on male infertility, we report the case of a patient with non-obstructive azoospermia associated with a homozygous frameshift mutation in PIWIL1.
This work reinforces the idea that germline genome integrity, particularly through the PIWI/piRNA pathway, is essential for male fertility.
It also suggests that defects in genome defense mechanisms may represent an underexplored cause of infertility.
I would like to sincerely thank my supervisors and the entire team for their guidance and support throughout this project.
Article available here.”
Title: A homozygous PIWIL1 frameshift variant triggers azoospermia and reveals a strong selective constraint on germline genome integrity
Authors: Aissatu Balde-Camara, Morgane Le Beulze, Anna Lokchine, Laura Mary, Céline Cierniewski, Linda Akloul, Lucas Freton, Céline Pimentel, Anne-Laure Barbotin, Gabriel Livera, Nathalie Rioux-Leclercq, Sylvie Jaillard, François Vialard
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