Kisspeptin treatment induces gonadotropic responses and rescues ovulation in a subset of preclinical models and women with polycystic ovary syndrome

A Romero-Ruiz, K Skorupskaite, F Gaytan… - Human …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Can kisspeptin treatment induce gonadotrophin responses and
ovulation in preclinical models and anovulatory women with polycystic ovary syndrome …

Novel therapeutic avenues for kisspeptin

J Tsoutsouki, A Abbara, W Dhillo - Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Kisspeptin is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that acts via the hypothalamus to stimulate
hypothalamic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone secretion and downstream gonadotrophin …

Selective loss of kisspeptin signaling in oocytes causes progressive premature ovulatory failure

ST Ruohonen, F Gaytan, A Usseglio Gaudi… - Human …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Does direct kisspeptin signaling in the oocyte have a role in the control
of follicular dynamics and ovulation? SUMMARY ANSWER Kisspeptin signaling in the …

[HTML][HTML] The Kiss1 system and polycystic ovary syndrome: lessons from physiology and putative pathophysiologic implications

SF Witchel, M Tena-Sempere - Fertility and sterility, 2013 - Elsevier
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a highly prevalent heterogeneous disease
characterized by ovulatory dysfunction, hyperandrogenism, and metabolic alterations …

[HTML][HTML] The role of kisspeptin in female reproduction

SZ Nejad, FR Tehrani… - International journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results The kisspeptin system (KISS1/G protein-coupled receptor-54, GPR54) has recently
been addressed as an essential gatekeeper of puberty onset and gonadotropin secretion …

Kisspeptin receptor haplo-insufficiency causes premature ovarian failure despite preserved gonadotropin secretion

F Gaytan, D Garcia-Galiano, MD Dorfman… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Premature ovarian failure (POF) affects 1% of women in reproductive age, but its etiology
remains uncertain. Whereas kisspeptins, the products of Kiss1 that act via Kiss1r (aka …

Clinical potential of kisspeptin in reproductive health

A Abbara, SA Clarke, WS Dhillo - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Kisspeptins are a family of hypothalamic neuropeptides that are essential for the regulation
of reproductive physiology. Their importance in reproductive health became apparent in …

The role of kisspeptin signalling in the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis—current perspective

Z Javed, U Qamar, T Sathyapalan - Endokrynologia Polska, 2015 - journals.viamedica.pl
The discovery of kisspeptins in the recent past remoulded current understanding of the
neuroendocrine axis relating to the regulation of human puberty and reproduction …

Kisspeptin/GPR54 system: what do we know about its role in human reproduction?

CM Trevisan, E Montagna, R De Oliveira… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2018 - karger.com
Kisspeptin is involved in the control of human reproduction bridging the gap between the
sex steroid levels and feedback mechanisms that control the gonadotropin releasing …

[HTML][HTML] Kisspeptin/kisspeptin receptor system in the ovary

KL Hu, H Zhao, HM Chang, Y Yu, J Qiao - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Kisspeptins are a family of neuropeptides that are critical for initiating puberty and regulating
ovulation in sexually mature females via the central control of the hypothalamic–pituitary …