Scientific Statement on the Diagnostic Criteria, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Genetics of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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Association of LH/FSH ratio with menstrual cycle regularity and clinical features of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Female sexual behavior is disrupted in a preclinical mouse model of PCOS via an attenuated hypothalamic nitric oxide pathway

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Serum visfatin levels in non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome and matched controls

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Androgens drive SLC1A5-dependent metabolic reprogramming in polycystic ovary syndrome

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Endocrine comorbidities of pediatric obesity

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Mechanistic and therapeutic insight into the effects of cinnamon in polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review

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The relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and infertility: a bibliometric analysis

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Updates on Molecular Targets and Epigenetic-Based Therapies for PCOS

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Liraglutide: New Perspectives for the Treatment of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Papaetis, G. S., Filippou, P. K., Constantinidou, K. G., & Stylianou, C. S. (2020) · Clinical Drug Investigation · doi:10.1007/s40261-020-00942-2 · Cited by 25

Effects of Electroacupuncture on Ovarian Expression of the Androgen Receptor and Connexin 43 in Rats with Letrozole‐Induced Polycystic Ovaries

Xu, G. Z., Zhang, A., Liu, J., Wang, X., Feng, J.-W., & Chen, Y. (2020) · Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine · doi:10.1155/2020/3608062 · Cited by 25

Receptor tyrosine kinases-instructed release of its inhibitor from hydrogel to delay ovarian aging

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Let-7e modulates the proliferation and the autophagy of human granulosa cells by suppressing p21 signaling pathway in polycystic ovary syndrome without hyperandrogenism

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Protocatechuic acid alleviates polycystic ovary syndrome symptoms in mice by PI3K signaling in granulosa cells to relieve ROS pressure and apoptosis

Wang, F., Yin, Y., Nie, X., Zou, Y., Tong, X., Tong, Y., Zhou, J., & Tan, Y. (2023) · Gynecological Endocrinology · doi:10.1080/09513590.2023.2228917 · Cited by 24

The association between systemic immune-inflammation index and in vitro fertilization outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a cohort study

Li, X., Luan, T., Wei, Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, J., Zhao, C. L., & Ling, X. (2023) · Journal of Ovarian Research · doi:10.1186/s13048-023-01321-z · Cited by 24

Association between Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Follicular Fluid and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Infertile Women

Li, S., Li, G., Lin, Y., Sun, F., Zheng, L., Yu, Y., & Xu, H. (2024) · Toxics · doi:10.3390/toxics12020104 · Cited by 24

Connecting the Dots: Mitochondrial Dysfunction, PCOS, and Insulin Resistance—Insights and Therapeutic Advances

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Association of infertility with premature mortality among US women: Prospective cohort study

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Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation as a potential novel treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome

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The role of nesfatin-1 expression in letrozole-induced polycystic ovaries in the rat

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Polycystic ovary Syndrome in Adolescents: Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management

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Dietary intake, body composition and metabolic parameters in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of pre‐eclampsia: A national register‐based cohort study

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Prospective risk of Type 2 diabetes in 99 892 Nordic women with polycystic ovary syndrome and 446 055 controls: national cohort study from Denmark, Finland, and Sweden

Glintborg, D., Ollila, M., Møller, J. K., Pesonen, P., Persson, S., Elenis, E., Rubin, K. H., Gissler, M., Andersen, M., Poromaa, I. S., et al. (2024) · Human Reproduction · doi:10.1093/humrep/deae124 · Cited by 25

High GDF-8 in follicular fluid is associated with a low pregnancy rate in IVF patients with PCOS

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Androgen signaling in adipose tissue, but less likely skeletal muscle, mediates development of metabolic traits in a PCOS mouse model

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Declining muscle NAD+ in a hyperandrogenism PCOS mouse model: Possible role in metabolic dysregulation

Aflatounian, A., Paris, V. R., Richani, D., Edwards, M. C., Cochran, B. J., Ledger, W. L., Gilchrist, R. B., Bertoldo, M. J., Wu, L. E., & Walters, K. A. (2022) · Molecular Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2022.101583 · Cited by 23

Dysregulated Liver Metabolism and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Khan, M. S., Kim, H., Kim, R., Yoon, S. H., & Kim, S. G. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms24087454 · Cited by 26

Cardiometabolic effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on polycystic ovary syndrome

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Salivary testosterone measurement in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome

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Targeting Metabolic Consequences of Insulin Resistance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by D-chiro-inositol and Emerging Nutraceuticals: A Focused Review

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Associations between omega-3 fatty acids and insulin resistance and body composition in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Physiologic Pathways Implicated Through Clustering of Genetic Loci

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Impaired branched-chain amino acid metabolism may underlie the nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-like pathology of neonatal testosterone-treated female rats

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The prescription patterns of traditional Chinese medicine for women with polycystic ovary syndrome in Taiwan

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Association of three missense mutations in the homocysteine-related MTHFR and MTRR gene with risk of polycystic ovary syndrome in Southern Chinese women

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Notch Signaling Induced by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Regulates Cumulus-Oocyte Complex Expansion in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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Association analysis of LHCGR variants and polycystic ovary syndrome in Punjab: a case–control approach

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Osteoporosis in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and involved mechanisms

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Origins and Impact of Psychological Traits in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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Differential association of DENND1A genetic variants with polycystic ovary syndrome in Tunisian but not Bahraini Arab women

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Familial clustering of metabolic phenotype in brothers of women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Testosterone is associated with insulin resistance index independently of adiposity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Myostatin: a multifunctional role in human female reproduction and fertility – a short review

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Bioinformatics searching of diagnostic markers and immune infiltration in polycystic ovary syndrome

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A new model for predicting the occurrence of polycystic ovary syndrome: Based on data of tongue and pulse

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Ovarian morphology in polycystic ovary syndrome: estimates from 2D and 3D ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging and their correlation to anti-Müllerian hormone

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Developmental Programming: Gestational Exposure to Excess Testosterone Alters Expression of Ovarian Matrix Metalloproteases and Their Target Proteins

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The Role of Androgen Excess on Insulin Sensitivity in Women

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11-Oxygenated C19 Steroids Do Not Distinguish the Hyperandrogenic Phenotype of PCOS Daughters from Girls with Obesity

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Disparities in cardio metabolic risk between Black and White women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kazemi, M., Kim, J. Y., Parry, S. A., Azziz, R., & Lujan, M. E. (2020) · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.019 · Cited by 21

Neuronal androgen receptor: molecular gateway to polycystic ovary syndrome

Abbott, D. H. (2017) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1703436114 · Cited by 20

Effects of high-protein diets on the cardiometabolic factors and reproductive hormones of women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Maternal Metabolic Health, Lifestyle, and Environment—Understanding How Epigenetics Drives Future Offspring Health

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Birthweight, Childhood Body Mass Index, Height and Growth, and Risk of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Aarestrup, J., Pedersen, D. C., Thomas, P. E., Glintborg, D., Holm, J., Bjerregaard, L. G., & Baker, J. L. (2021) · Obesity Facts · doi:10.1159/000515294 · Cited by 20

Prenatal Androgen Treatment Does Not Alter the Firing Activity of Hypothalamic Arcuate Kisspeptin Neurons in Female Mice

Gibson, A. G., Jaime, J., Burger, L. L., & Moenter, S. M. (2021) · eNeuro · doi:10.1523/eneuro.0306-21.2021 · Cited by 20

Gestational diabetes and other adverse pregnancy outcomes in polycystic ovary syndrome

Selen, D. J., & Powe, C. E. (2022) · Current Opinion in Endocrinology Diabetes and Obesity · doi:10.1097/med.0000000000000769 · Cited by 23

Randomized clinical trial: effect of low-dose flutamide on abdominal adipogenic function in normal-weight women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Dumesic, D. A., Winnett, C., Lu, G., Grogan, T., Abbott, D. H., Naik, R., & Chazenbalk, G. D. (2022) · Fertility and Sterility · doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.09.324 · Cited by 20

Global trends in polycystic ovary syndrome research: A 10-year bibliometric analysis

Shi, N., & Ma, H. (2023) · Frontiers in Endocrinology · doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.1027945 · Cited by 20

A randomized controlled trial comparing myoinositol with metformin versus metformin monotherapy in polycystic ovary syndrome

Nazirudeen, R., Sridhar, S., Priyanka, R., Sumathi, B., Natarajan, V., Eagappan, S., Raghavan, K. S., & Jayaraman, S. (2023) · Clinical Endocrinology · doi:10.1111/cen.14931 · Cited by 26

Polycystic ovary syndrome: associations with cardiovascular disease

Benham, J. L., Goldberg, A., Teede, H. J., & Tay, C. T. (2023) · Climacteric · doi:10.1080/13697137.2023.2282689 · Cited by 20

Follicular fluid-derived exosomal LncRNA LIPE-AS1 modulates steroid metabolism and survival of granulosa cells leading to oocyte maturation arrest in polycystic ovary syndrome

Yu, L., Wang, C., Liu, M., Xia, L., Liu, T., Che, Q., Cai, W., Dong, X., Pan, B., Wang, B., et al. (2024) · Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics · doi:10.1007/s10815-024-03092-y · Cited by 20

Exploring the efficacy and mechanism of Bailing capsule to improve polycystic ovary syndrome in mice based on intestinal-derived LPS-TLR4 pathway

Guan, H.-R., Li, B., Zhang, Z., Wu, H.-S., Wang, N., Chen, X.-F., Zhou, C., Bian, X., Li, L., Xu, W., et al. (2024) · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.jep.2024.118274 · Cited by 24

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for improving endometrial receptivity in infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a comprehensive review of the available evidence

Palomba, S., Costanzi, F., Caserta, D., & Vitagliano, A. (2024) · Reproductive BioMedicine Online · doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2024.104381 · Cited by 22

Accelerated Episodic Luteinizing Hormone Release Accompanies Blunted Progesterone Regulation in PCOS-like Female Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta) Exposed to Testosterone during Early-to-Mid Gestation

Abbott, D. H., Vepraskas, S., Horton, T. H., Terasawa, E., & Levine, J. E. (2018) · Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1159/000490570 · Cited by 21

Analysis of VEGF gene polymorphisms and serum VEGF protein levels contribution in polycystic ovary syndrome of patients

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Proteomic profile of follicular fluid from patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) submitted to in vitro fertilization (IVF) compared to oocyte donors

Domingues, T. S., Bonetti, T. C., Pimenta, D. C., Mariano, D. O. C., Barros, B., Aquino, A. P., & Motta, E. L. A. (2019) · JBRA · doi:10.5935/1518-0557.20190041 · Cited by 20

Contrasting association of Leptin receptor polymorphisms and haplotypes with polycystic ovary syndrome in Bahraini and Tunisian women: a case–control study

Dallel, M., Douma, Z., Finan, R. R., Hachani, F., Letaifa, D. B., Mahjoub, T., & Almawi, W. Y. (2020) · Bioscience Reports · doi:10.1042/bsr20202726 · Cited by 22

Metabolic Derangement in Pediatric Patient with Obesity: The Role of Ketogenic Diet as Therapeutic Tool

Calcaterra, V., Verduci, E., Pascuzzi, M. C., Magenes, V. C., Fiore, G., Profio, E. D., Tenuta, E., Bosetti, A., Todisco, C. F., D’Auria, E., et al. (2021) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu13082805 · Cited by 21

PPAR-α inhibits DHEA-induced ferroptosis in granulosa cells through upregulation of FADS2

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Investigating GABA Neuron–Specific Androgen Receptor Knockout in two Hyperandrogenic Models of PCOS

Sucquart, I. E., Coyle, C. S., Paris, V. R., Prescott, M., Glendining, K. A., Potapov, K., Begg, D. P., Gilchrist, R. B., Walters, K. A., & Campbell, R. E. (2024) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endocr/bqae060 · Cited by 19

A Comprehensive Review of the Contribution of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations and Dysfunction in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Supported by Secondary Database Analysis

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Modulatory impact of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum BL21 on the gut–brain–ovary axis in polycystic ovary syndrome: insights into metabolic regulation, inflammation mitigation, and neuroprotection

Dong, Y., Yang, S., Zhang, S., Zhao, Y., Li, X., Han, M., Gai, Z., & Zou, K. (2025) · mSphere · doi:10.1128/msphere.00887-24 · Cited by 22

Recognizing the Role of Insulin Resistance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Paradigm Shift from a Glucose-Centric Approach to an Insulin-Centric Model

Parker, J., Briden, L., & Gersh, F. L. (2025) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm14124021 · Cited by 29

Childhood adiposity and fertility difficulties: the Bogalusa Heart Study

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The Role of Gut Microbiota in Host Lipid Metabolism: An Eye on Causation and Connection

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