ReviewBiomolecules2021
Biomediators in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk.
Review in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Molecular signatures of hypertension in polycystic ovary syndrome: Endothelin-1 and CYP11A1 as biomarkers of vascular and metabolic dysfunction.Molecular biology reports · 2026Article
- Vascular imbalance in polycystic ovary syndrome: Insights into endothelial dysfunction.PloS one · 2025Article
- Insights on the NF-κB system in polycystic ovary syndrome, attractive therapeutic targets.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2024Review
- Potential Roles of mtDNA Mutations in PCOS-IR: A Review.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Review
- Chest Pain in Women: Gender- and Sex-based Differences in the Presentation and Diagnosis of Heart Disease.US cardiology · 2023Review
- Biomolecules and Cardiovascular Diseases in Women.Biomolecules · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is extremely heterogeneous in terms of clinical manifestations. The variability of the syndrome's phenotype is derived from the genetic and molecular heterogeneity, with a great deal of environmental factors that may have long-term health consequences, such as metabolic and cardiovascular (CV) diseases. There is no doubt that women with PCOS suffer from metabolic complications more than their age-matched counterparts in the general population and at an earlier age. Obesity, low steroid hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance, and compensatory hyperinsulinemia are biomediators and early predictors of metabolic complications in PCOS. Doubts remain about the real risk of CV diseases in PCOS and the molecular mechanisms at the basis of CV complications. Based on that assumption, this review will present the available evidence on the potential implications of some biomediators, in particular, hyperandrogenism, estrogen-progesterone imbalance, insulin resistance, and low SHBG, in the processes leading to CV disease in PCOS, with the final aim to propose a more accurate CV risk assessment.
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