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The Importance of Leptin to Reproduction.

Endocrinology, 2020
A healthy nutritional state is required for all aspects of reproduction and signaled by the adipokine leptin. Leptin acts in a relatively narrow concentration range; too much or too little will compromise fertility.
G. Childs, A. Odle, M. MacNicol, A. MacNicol   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Correlation between actual nutrition and lipid peroxidation and antioxidant defense parameters in aged 14–17 years adolescents living in rural area

Сибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2022
The aim of the study was to reveal the relationship between the parameters of actual nutrition and the lipid peroxidation and antioxidant defense system in adolescents aged 14–17 in a rural area. Material and methods.
M. A. Darenskaya, L. V. Rychkova, T. A. Astakhova, A. V. Pogodina, O. N. Dolgikh, Yu. N. Klimkina, L. I. Kolesnikova   +6 more
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Regulatory Pathways Controlling Female Insect Reproduction.

Annual Review of Entomology, 2018
The synthesis of vitellogenin and its uptake by maturing oocytes during egg maturation are essential for successful female reproduction. These events are regulated by the juvenile hormones and ecdysteroids and by the nutritional signaling pathway ...
Sourav Roy, Tusar Saha, Z. Zou, A. Raikhel   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Intraovarian Injection of Lyophilized Platelet-Rich Plasma in Patients with Poor Ovarian Response

Fertility & Reproduction
Objective: To demonstrate the effect of intraovarian injection of lyophilized platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in poor ovarian responders. Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated data for 262 women who underwent intraovarian injection of lyophilized
Aya Karino, Hidehiko Matsubayashi, Saki Saito, Yurino Ishibashi, Kento Usui, Masakazu Doshida, Takumi Takeuchi, Yosuke Suzuki, Yasuhiro Ohara, Tomomoto Ishikawa   +9 more
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Antioxidant status in children and adolescents with COVID-19

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2021
Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the importance of this problem to the first stage and has affected healthcare system around the world. Despite the more favorable COVID-19 course, the child population should be at focus of special attention ...
L. V. Rychkova, M. A. Darenskaya, N. V. Semenova, S. I. Kolesnikov, A. G. Petrova, O. A. Nikitina, A. S. Brichagina, E. A. Kudeyarova, L. I. Kolesnikova   +8 more
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Queering reproductive access: reproductive justice in assisted reproductive technologies [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2021
AbstractBackgroundAdvancements in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and policy development have enabled more people to have biologically related children in Canada. However, as ART continues to focus on infertility and low fertility of heterosexual couples, ART access and research has been uneven towards meeting the reproductive needs of lesbian,
openaire   +5 more sources

Population and species neighbor identity impact trait–trait relationships and plant performance

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
We evaluated how populations and species identity influence plant performance and trait outcomes in mixtures, and assessed trait variation among populations of two forb species native to the western United States (Dieteria canescens and Heterotheca villosa) following three interaction treatments (single‐population monoculture, two‐population mixture ...
Alicia J. Foxx, Florian Fort, Andrea T. Kramer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of chronic browsing on life‐history traits of an irruptive large herbivore population

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
This study aimed to determine the relationship between diet quality, body mass, and size (hind foot length), and female reproduction and sought to identify the mechanism by which high density under severe food limitations is maintained. Our results demonstrated that sika deer introduced to Nakanoshima Island have maintained high densities through high ...
Koichi Kaji, Kazutaka M. Takeshita, Hiroshi Takahashi, Hiromasa Igota, Mayumi Ueno, Yukiko Matsuura, Takashi Ikeda, Ryo Yoshizawa, Hino Takafumi, Tsuyoshi Yoshida   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

sFlt-1/PlGF Ratio in the Prediction of Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women With Diabetic Kidney Disease

Journal of Diabetes Research
Conclusions: The assessment of antiangiogenic and proangiogenic markers, particularly the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio, appears to be a valuable tool for predicting PE in patients with long-lasting diabetes complicated by DKD.
Jakub Kornacki, Ewa Wender-Ozegowska, Daniel Boroń, Urszula Mantaj, Przemysław Wirstlein, Paweł Gutaj   +5 more
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Does air pollution play a role in infertility?: a systematic review

Environmental Health, 2017
Background Air pollution is involved in many pathologies. These pollutants act through several mechanisms that can affect numerous physiological functions, including reproduction: as endocrine disruptors or reactive oxygen species inducers, and through ...
Julie Carré, Nicolas Gatimel, Jessika Moreau, Jean Parinaud, Roger Léandri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source