Targeting trafficking as a therapeutic avenue for misfolded GPCRs leading to endocrine diseases

A Ulloa-Aguirre, T Zariñán, R Gutiérrez-Sagal… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are plasma membrane proteins associated with an
array of functions. Mutations in these receptors lead to a number of genetic diseases …

Selected genetic factors associated with primary ovarian insufficiency

M Chen, H Jiang, C Zhang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a heterogeneous disease resulting from non-functional
ovaries in women before the age of 40. It is characterized by primary amenorrhea or …

The serum follicle stimulating hormone-to-luteinizing hormone ratios can predict assisted reproductive technology outcomes in women undergoing gonadotropin …

S Zhao, H Xu, X Wu, L Xia, J Li, D Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The basal follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)/luteinizing hormone (LH) ratio is a
useful predictor of ovarian response. In this study, we investigated whether the FSH/LH …

Resistant ovary syndrome: pathogenesis and management strategies

Z Mu, S Shen, L Lei - Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Resistant ovary syndrome (ROS) is a rare and difficult gynecological endocrine disorder that
poses a serious risk to women's reproductive health. The clinical features are normal sex …

Misfolded G protein-coupled receptors and endocrine disease. Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic prospects

A Ulloa-Aguirre, T Zariñán… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Misfolding of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) caused by mutations frequently leads to
disease due to intracellular trapping of the conformationally abnormal receptor. Several …

Tracking conformational transitions of the gonadotropin hormone receptors in a bilayer of (SDPC) poly-unsaturated lipids from all-atom molecular dynamics …

E Jardón-Valadez, A Ulloa-Aguirre - PLOS Computational Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Glycoprotein hormone receptors [thyrotropin (TSHR), luteinizing hormone/chorionic
gonadotropin (LHCGR), and follicle stimulating hormone (FSHR) receptors] are rhodopsin …

Identification and characterization of novel compound heterozygous variants in FSHR causing primary ovarian insufficiency with resistant ovary syndrome

X Chen, L Chen, Y Wang, C Shu, Y Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is among the foremost causes of women infertility due to
premature partial or total loss of ovarian function. Resistant ovary syndrome (ROS) is a …

Genetic insights into the complexity of premature ovarian insufficiency

L Nie, X Wang, S Wang, Z Hong, M Wang - Reproductive Biology and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) is a highly heterogeneous condition
characterized by ovarian dysfunction in women occurring before the age of 40, representing …

[HTML][HTML] Recent Applications of In Silico Approaches for Studying Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Pathologies

M Pappalardo, FM Sipala, MC Nicolosi… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, the advent of computational techniques to predict the potential activity of a
drug interacting with a receptor or to predict the structure of unidentified proteins with …

An overview of different methods to establish a murine premature ovarian failure model

N Pouladvand, M Azarnia, H Zeinali… - Animal Models and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Premature ovarian failure (POF) is defined as the loss of normal ovarian function before the
age of 40 and is characterized by increased gonadotropin levels and decreased estradiol …