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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2025

Metabolic state and female fertility in ART cycles: a summary of current advances.

Natascha Berger, Katharina Brugger, Herbert Fluhr

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Addressing multiple pregnancies in in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer: Current status, challenges, and solutions.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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  2. Pregnancy as a Window for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention in Women: A Life-Course Perspective Based on the 2025 ESC Guidelines.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Natascha BergerDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Katharina BruggerDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Herbert FluhrDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This mini review explores the evolving landscape of metabolic disturbances and their impact on female reproductive outcomes, with a particular focus on emerging molecular biomarkers and novel metabolic phenotypes. Metabolic health plays a pivotal role in female reproductive function, with well-established endocrine-metabolic disorders, such as polycystic ovary syndrome, obesity, and diabetes mellitus, known to impair fertility. This review explores these conditions, including less commonly studied phenotypes like normal weight obesity, metabolically obese normal weight, and metabolically healthy obesity, which challenge traditional diagnostic frameworks by presenting metabolic risk independent of body mass index. These underrecognized profiles can adversely affect ovarian physiology, endometrial receptivity, and assisted reproductive technology outcomes. The review further highlights potential biomarkers, including bile acids and advanced glycation end-products, as promising diagnostic and therapeutic targets. By integrating insights from metabolic regulation, endocrinology, and reproductive biology, this article emphasizes the need for a more nuanced, individualized approach to fertility assessment and treatment. Understanding these interconnections is vital for advancing personalized medicine, particularly in addressing unexplained infertility and optimizing assisted reproductive technology success.

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biomarkerinfertilityIVFmetabolismreproduction

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PMID41063963
PMCPMC12500627

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