Review Article

The Progress of Research on Genetic Factors of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

Table 2

Summarize the possible factors affecting RPL in chromosomal variation.

Types of chromosomal variantsTypePossible risk factorsCommonly occurring abnormal chromosomesReference

Chromosomal abnormalities in embryosNumber anomaliesAneuploidy (trisomy, monosomy)Meiotic error, mitotic error and abnormal parental chromosome structureChromosomes 13, 16, 18, 21 and 22; x chromosome[98, 101]
PolyploidDouble sperm into the egg or meiotic non-separation of the egg; Mitotic non-separation of fertilized eggs[100]
Structural anomaliesAbnormal equilibrium translocation structureSpontaneous mutation by internal and external environmental influences, inherited by couples carrying abnormal chromosome structure[120]
Non-equilibrium translocation structural abnormalities

Chromosomal abnormalities in couplesStructural anomaliesReciprocal balanced translocationsAn exchange of DNA segments between nonhomologous chromosomes with no gain or loss of DNAChromosomes 11, 6, 4, 1, and 18 were the most commonly translocated chromosomes[37, 111, 112]
Robertsonian translocations
InversionProduction of unbalanced gametesChromosomes 1, 9 and 11 are the most common[113, 121]
CNVGene deletion or increaseChromosome 6 duplication was the most common, followed by X chromosome deletion and triplet chromosome abnormalities[106, 122]

Chromosome polymorphismAffects mitophase function, sister chromatid binding and chromosome segregationInv (9)[104, 114, 115]

Special chromosomal anomaliesCPMPlacental insufficiency, fetal growth restriction and death[106]
XCIIncreased risk of spontaneous abortion in female carriers of X-linked recessive fetal lethal defectsx chromosome[117, 118, 123], [124]