Leptin and its potential interest in assisted reproduction cycles

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 320-341

  Catteau, A ^a,b   Caillon, H ^c   Barriere P ^a,b,c   Denis, M G ^b,c,d   Masson, D ^b,c,d   Freour T ^a,b,c,e  

^a Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e Clinica EUGIN   (Spain)

Author keywords

IVF; Leptin; Obesity; Ovarian stimulation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; JANUS KINASE; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; ONCOSTATIN M; SOMATOMEDIN C; STAT3 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOOD INTAKE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEPTIN; OBESITY; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84965082413     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmv057     Document Type: Article

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