Obesity is associated with a higher level of pro-inflammatory cytokines in follicular fluid of women undergoing medically assisted procreation (PMA) programs

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-273

  La Vignera, S ^a   Condorelli, R ^a   Bellanca, S ^a   La Rosa, B ^a   Mousavi A ^a   Busa B ^a   Vicari, L O ^a   Vicari, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted procreation programs; Cytokines; Follicular fluid; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; FOLLITROPIN; GONASI; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; TRIPTORELIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTACOID; AUTOANTIBODY; IL10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEDICALLY ASSISTED PROCREATION; OBESITY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION DETECTION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ITALY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOANTIBODIES; BODY MASS INDEX; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; ITALY; OBESITY; OVULATION INDUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79957977553     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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