Chronic stress and body composition disorders: implications for health and disease

C Stefanaki, P Pervanidou, D Boschiero, GP Chrousos - Hormones, 2018 - Springer
Recent studies have suggested that body composition is key to health and disease. First, fat
tissue is a complex, essential, and highly active metabolic and endocrine organ that …

Impact of a mindfulness stress management program on stress, anxiety, depression and quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized …

C Stefanaki, F Bacopoulou, S Livadas, A Kandaraki… - Stress, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder with a significant
psychological burden throughout the life course of affected women. Thus, use of mindful …

[HTML][HTML] Acupuncture regulates the autophagy of ovarian granulosa cells in polycystic ovarian syndrome ovulation disorder by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway …

X Chen, H Tang, Y Liang, P Wu, L Xie, Y Ding… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are abnormal follicular
development and ovulation dysfunction, which are caused by the excessive autophagy of …

Chronic Stress-Related Osteosarcopenic Obesity: A Common Modern Syndrome Requiring Sustained Lifestyle Changes and Stress Management

N Papadopoulou-Marketou, A Papageorgiou… - Endocrines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Through several pathological mechanisms, chronic stress contributes to the development of
“osteosarcopenic obesity”, a clinical syndrome that includes impairments in the structure and …

Does sex hormone treatment reverse the sex-dependent stress regulation? A longitudinal study on hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity in transgender …

J Fuss, L Claro, M Ising, SV Biedermann… - …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Studies in mammals indicate a role for sex hormones in the regulation of
hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA)-axis reactivity. However, in humans, experimental …

An exploration of the hypothesis that testosterone is implicated in the psychological functioning of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

JA Barry, F Qu, PJ Hardiman - Medical hypotheses, 2018 - Elsevier
One of the diagnostic features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is elevation of the
androgen, testosterone. It is known that women with PCOS are more likely to suffer from …

Genomewide association and identification of candidate genes for ovulation rate in swine

JF Schneider, DJ Nonneman… - Journal of animal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Reproductive efficiency has a great impact on the economic success of pork production.
Ovulation rate is an early component of reproduction efficiency and contributes to the …

The glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) is linked to and associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome in Italian families

S Syed, C Gragnoli - Journal of ovarian research, 2024 - Springer
Objectives Components of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA) pathway are potential
mediators of the genetic risk of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Impaired glucocorticoid …

Dexamethasone altered steroidogenesis and changed redox status of granulosa cells

XH Yuan, BQ Yang, Y Hu, YY Fan, LX Zhang, JC Zhou… - Endocrine, 2014 - Springer
Glucocorticoids have been widely used in clinical application for anti-inflammatory and
immunosuppressive function. Previous study reported that glucocorticoids adversely affect …

[PDF][PDF] Differences in the psychological and hormonal presentation of lean and obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

H Komarowska, A Stangierski… - Neuroendocrinol Lett, 2013 - nel.edu
BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine
disorders found in women of reproductive age. Differences in hormonal and metabolic …