ArticleJournal of the Endocrine Society2020
Glucocorticoid Resistance in Premature Adrenarche and PCOS: From Childhood to Adulthood.
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- Long-Term Follow-Up and Risk of PCOS in Indiana Girls with a History of Premature Adrenarche-A Single Center Experience.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Report of 3 Cases of Adrenal Suppression Due to Glucocorticoid Hypersensitivity to Inhaled Corticosteroids.JCEM case reports · 2025Article
- Salt-sensitive hypertension in GR mutant rats is associated with altered plasma polyunsaturated fatty acid levels and aortic vascular reactivity.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2025Article
- The glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) is linked to and associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome in Italian families.Journal of ovarian research · 2024Article
- Novel corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor genes (CRHR1 and CRHR2) linkage to and association with polycystic ovary syndrome.Journal of ovarian research · 2023Article
- Response to Letter to the Editor: "Glucocorticoid Resistance in Premature Adrenarche and PCOS: From Childhood to Adulthood".Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2021Article
- Letter to the Editor: "Glucocorticoid Resistance in Premature Adrenarche and PCOS: From Childhood to Adulthood".Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2021Article
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Abstract
contextWe hypothesize that impaired glucocorticoid sensitivity (GC sensitivity) plays a role in the development of premature adrenarche (PA) and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) by increasing androgen synthesis.
objectiveTo study glucocorticoid sensitivity in vitro in subjects with PA and PCOS. PATIENTS AND
methodsFourteen subjects (10 girls, 4 boys, 6.9 ± 0.6 years) with PA; 27 subjects with PCOS (17 ± 2.5 years) and 31 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. All subjects and controls underwent GC sensitivity analysis in vitro using a fluorescein labeled-dexamethasone (F-DEX) assay. A GC sensitivity index (GCSI) was calculated as area under the curve of the F-DEX assay results. Subjects were classified as GC resistant if the GCSI ≤ 264 and GC sensitive if the GCSI ≥ 386.
resultsIn the PA group, 8 of 14 subjects were resistant with GCSI of 179.7 ± 39.9, 4 were within the normal range with GCSI of 299.6 ± 27.9, and 2 had increased GC sensitivity with GCSI of 423.5 ± 47.9. In the PCOS group, 18 of 27 subjects were GC-resistant with GCSI of 180.9 ± 58.2, 8 were within the normal range with GCSI of 310.7 ± 26.4, and 1 had increased GCSI of 395.4. In the PCOS GC-resistant subgroup, cortisol was higher compared with PCOS with normal GCSI (
conclusionGC resistance was found in more than 50% of patients with PCOS and PA. The findings strongly suggest that GC resistance is associated with states of PA and PCOS.
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