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Barber, Thomas M. and Franks, Stephen (2021) Obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome. Clinical Endocrinology, 95 (4). pp. 531-541. doi:10.1111/cen.14421
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.14421
Abstract
The increased global prevalence of obesity over the last 40‐years has driven a rise in prevalence of obesity‐related co‐morbidities, including polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). On a background of genetic susceptibility, PCOS often becomes clinically manifest following weight gain, commonly during adolescence. A common endocrinopathy affecting between 6%‐10% of reproductive‐age women, PCOS presents with the cardinal features of hyperandrogenism, reproductive and metabolic dysfunction. PCOS associates with insulin resistance, independently of (but amplified by) obesity. Insulin resistance in PCOS is characterized by abnormal post‐receptor signalling within the phosphatidylinositol‐kinase (PI3‐K) pathway. Multiple factors (including most notably, weight gain) contribute towards the severity of insulin resistance in PCOS. Compensatory hyperinsulinaemia ensues, resulting in over‐stimulation of the (intact) post‐receptor mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAP‐K) insulin pathway, with consequent implications for steroidogenesis and ovarian function. In this concise review, we explore the effects of weight gain and obesity on the pathogenesis of PCOS from the perspective of its three cardinal features of hyperandrogenism, reproductive and metabolic dysfunction, with a focus on the central mediating role of the insulin pathway. We also consider key lifestyle strategies for the effective management of obese and overweight women with PCOS.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Obesity in women, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Overweight women | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Clinical Endocrinology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0300-0664 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 31 January 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 95 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 531-541 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/cen.14421 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
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