The Kiss1 system and polycystic ovary syndrome: Lessons from physiology and putative pathophysiologic implications

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-22

  Witchel, Selma F ^a   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

androgen; gonadotropins; Kiss1; kisspeptin; Ovary; PCOS

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN A; INSULIN; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADRENARCHE; ADULTHOOD; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CORPUS LUTEUM; FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84879656262     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.05.024     Document Type: Review

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