- ►diabetesjournals.org SK Hutchison, C Harrison, N Stepto, C Meyer … - Diabetes care, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc OBJECTIVE—Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an insulin-resistant state with
insulin resistance being an established therapeutic target; however, measurement
of insulin resistance remains challenging. We aimed to 1) determine serum ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - All 11 versions
- ►eje-online.org S Hahn, M Backhaus, M Broecker-Preuss, S … - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2007 - EFES Objective: Insulin resistance and obesity are common features of the polycystic
ovary syndrome (PCOS). Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4), a new fat-derived
adipokine, has been described to be elevated in obesity and type 2 ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►eje-online.org M Mohlig, MO Weickert, E Ghadamgahi, AM … - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2008 - EFES Results: RBP4 increased over tertiles of IR (P=0.009). RBP4 correlated with HOMA
%S (R=–0.286, P= 0.002), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) (R=0.233, P=0.034), and dual
energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)-lean body mass (R=0.282, P=0.016) but ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►nursing2008.com [PDF] MC Amato, A Galluzzo, S Finocchiaro, A … - Clinical endocrinology, 2008 - nursing2008.com Section of Endocrinology, DOSAC, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo,
Italy ... Background Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is considered
predominantly as a hyperandrogenetic syndrome and the evaluation of ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 5 versions
SKH MBBS¹, CH BBNS, NS PhD, A Melbourne … - Am Diabetes Assoc 1 Jean Hailes Foundation Research Group, Monash University Institute of Medical
Research, Melbourne, Australia. 2 Diabetes Unit, Southern Health, Melbourne,
Australia 3 Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, ... Related articles
- ►endojournals.org BK Tan, J Chen, H Lehnert, R Kennedy, HS … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Results: Compared with controls, there was significant up-regulation of RBP4
mRNA in sc (P < 0.05) and om (P < 0.01) adipose tissue as well as isolated sc
adipocytes (P < 0.01) of PCOS women. In addition to elevated serum RBP4 ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
[CITATION] Expression of insulin-receptor substrate-land-2 in ovaries from women with insulin …
JW Lee, JA Im, DC Lee, HR Lee, JY Shim - Clinical endocrinology, 2008 - nursing2008.com Results: The RBP levels were higher (P < 0·01) in women with PCOS after
adjusting for age, body mass index (BMI), mean blood pressure, triglyceride
(TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, low density lipoprotein ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 5 versions
E Diamanti-Kandarakis, S Livadas, SA … - Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov BACKGROUND: It has been shown in animals and in humans that retinol-binding
protein 4 (RBP4) production from adipose tissue leads to generalized insulin
resistance (IR). A more sensitive marker of circulating RBP4 is free plasma ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 3 versions
[CITATION] Thiazolidinediones inhibit estrogen synthesis by interfering with androgen binding to …
DB Avtanski, SM PG, Y Feng, A Pareek, J … - The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting. San …, 2008 Cited by 2 - Related articles
