Results: 8

Acupuncture regulates the apoptosis of ovarian granulosa cells in polycystic ovarian syndrome-related abnormal follicular development through LncMEG3-mediated inhibition of miR-21-3p

Biol. Res; 56 (), 2023
BACKGROUND: The main features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are abnormal follicular development and ovulatory dysfunction, which are caused by excessive apoptosis of ovarian granulosa cells. Acupuncture has been shown to improve follicular development abnormalities in patients with PCOS, but its me...

Novel mechanisms underlying anti-polycystic ovary like syndrome effects of electroacupuncture in rats: suppressing SREBP1 to mitigate insulin resistance, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress

Biol. Res; 53 (), 2020
BACKGROUND: Acupuncture, a therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, is confirmed to exert the therapeutic action on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). However, the detailed therapeutic mechanisms of acupuncture in PCOS remain ambiguous. In this study, we further investigated whether electroacupuncture (EA...

Current aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome: A literature review

SUMMARY Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder with variable prevalence, affecting about one in every 15 women worldwide. The diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome requires at least two of the following criteria: oligoovulation and/or anovulation, clinical and/or biochemi...

Epidemiología del síndrome de ovario poliquístico en Chillán-Chile

Rev. ANACEM (Impresa); 10 (1), 2016
Introducción: El síndrome de ovario poliquístico (SOP) es una disfunción endocrino metabólica de alta prevalencia, definida por alteraciones menstruales, hirsutismo, y ováricos morfológicamente poliquístico. Objetivos: Describir las características clínicas de las pacientes con SOP a...

El síndrome de ovario poliquístico: aspectos psicológicos
Polycystic ovary syndrome: psychological aspects

ANTECEDENTES: La gran mayoría de la literatura científica sobre el síndrome de ovario poliquístico (SOP) ha utilizado un enfoque bio-médico para analizar esta enfermedad. En América Latina, y específicamente en idioma español, hay escasa información sobre las relaciones del SOP con factores psic...