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. 2024 Sep 6;36(3):161–170. doi: 10.1515/medgen-2024-2040

Table 2:

Genes associated with different forms of female infertility.

Phenotype(s)

HPO-ID

Associated genes (Mode of inheritance)

Premature/primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)

HP:0008209

Proposed POI gene panel [26]

BMP15 (XLD, XLR), FANCM (AR), FMR1 (XLD), FOXL2 (AD, AR), FSHR (AR), GDF9 (AR), HFM1 (AR), MCM8 (AR), MCM9 (AR), MRPS22 (AR), NHEJ1 (AD), NOBOX (AD, AR), NR5A1 (AD), PSMC3IP (AR), SOHLH1 (AR), STAG3 (AR)

Congenital adrenal hypoplasia (CAH)

HP:0008244

CYP21A2 (AR) – CYP11B1 (AR), CYP17A1 (AR), HSD3B2 (AR), STAR (AR)

Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism

HP:0000044

Proposed Congenital Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism (CHH) panel [3, 30]

ANOS1 (XL), CHD7 (AD, AR, olig), DMXL2 (AD), DUSP6 (olig), FGF8 (olig), FGF17 (olig), FGFR1 (AD, AR, olig), FLRT3 (olig), GNRH1 (AR, olig), GNRHR (AR, olig), HESX1 (AD, AR), IL17RD (olig), KISS1 (AR), KISS1R (AR), KLB (AD), NSMF (AR, olig), PNPLA6 (AR), POLR3A (AR), POLR3B (AR), PROK2 (AD, AR, olig), PROKR2 (AD, AR, olig), SEMA3A (AD, olig), SEMA7A (olig), SOX2 (AR), SOX10 (AD), SPRY4 (olig), TAC3 (AR), TACR3 (AR, olig)

Oocyte maturation arrest,

fertilisation failure,

zygotic cleavage defect/failure,

early embryonic arrest,

hydatidiform moles,

recurrent pregnancy loss,

multi-locus imprinting disorder

HP:0034914,

not available,

HP:0033336, HP:0033335,

HP:0032192,

HP:0200067,

not available

Proposed Maternal effect genes (MEGs)* [12]

BTG4 (AR), CDC20 (AR), KHDC3L (AD, AR), NLRP2 (AD, AR), NLRP5 (AD, AR), NLRP7 (AD, AR), PADI6 (AD, AR), PATL2 (AR), TLE6 (AR), TRIP13 (AR), TUBB8 (AD, AR)

*Variants in MEGs can cause any, some, or all of the mentioned phenotypes.

Abbreviations: AD: autosomal dominant, AR: autosomal recessive, XL: X-linked, YL: Y-linked, XLD: X-linked dominant, XLR: X-linked recessive, olig: oligogenic