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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Follicular Fluid and Blood Monitorization of Infertility Biomarkers in Women with Endometriosis.

Ana Teresa Brinca, Ana Maria Peiró, Pilar Matallín Evangelio, Irene Eleno, Antonio Helio Oliani, Vladimiro Silva, Luís F Vicente, Ana Cristina Ramalhinho, Eugenia Gallardo

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ana Teresa BrincaHealth Sciences Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7172-348X
Ana Maria PeiróPharmacogenetic Unit, Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Dr. Balmis General University Hospital, 03010 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2385-3749
Pilar Matallín EvangelioUnidad de Reproduccion, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, 03010 Alicante, Spain.
Irene ElenoUnidad de Reproduccion, Servicio de Ginecologia y Obstetricia, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, 03010 Alicante, Spain.
Antonio Helio OlianiAssisted Reproduction Laboratory, Cova da Beira Local Health Unit, 6200-251 Covilhã, Portugal.
Vladimiro SilvaFerticentro-Centro de Estudos de Fertilidade S.A., 3000-316 Coimbra, Portugal.
Luís F VicenteCentro PMA Hospital Lusíadas, 1500-458 Lisboa, Portugal.
Ana Cristina RamalhinhoHealth Sciences Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4783-665X
Eugenia GallardoHealth Sciences Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1802-8998

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00709/2020; https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/00709/2020; 2023.03289.BD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility is recognized globally as a social disease and a growing medical condition, posing a significant challenge to modern reproductive health. Endometriosis, the third-most frequent gynecologic disorder, is one of the most common and intricate conditions that can lead to female infertility. Despite extensive research, the etiology, malignant transformation, and biological therapy of endometriosis remain unknown. Blood and follicular fluid are two matrices that have been carefully studied and can provide insights into women's health. These matrices are clinically significant because they contain metabolites closely associated with women's illness stage and reproductive outcomes. Nowadays, the application of metabolomic analysis in biological matrices may be able to predict the outcome of assisted reproductive technologies with greater precision. From a molecular viewpoint on reproductive health, we evaluate and compare the utilization of human follicular fluid and blood as matrices in analysis for diagnostic and assisted reproductive technology (ART) predictors of success for endometriosis patients. In the follicular fluid (FF), plasma, and serum of endometriosis-affected women, researchers identified dysregulations of oxidative stress, upregulation of several immune factors, and aberrations in energy metabolic pathways. The altered signatures negatively correlate with the overall oocyte and embryo quality and fertilization rate.

Indexed as

BiomarkersEndometriosisFollicular FluidInfertility, FemaleFemaleHumansMetabolomicsOxidative StressReproductive Techniques, AssistedBiomarkersbiomarkerendometriosisfollicular fluidinfertilityplasmaserum

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PMID39000283
PMCPMC11241429

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