Polycystic ovary syndrome: pathophysiology, presentation, and treatment with emphasis on adolescent girls

SF Witchel, SE Oberfield, AS Peña - Journal of the Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by
hyperandrogenism and chronic anovulation. Depending on diagnostic criteria, 6% to 20% of …

Clinical management of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

J Young, C Xu, GE Papadakis, JS Acierno… - Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The initiation and maintenance of reproductive capacity in humans is dependent on pulsatile
secretion of the hypothalamic hormone GnRH. Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism …

The powerful world of antisense oligonucleotides: From bench to bedside

AM Quemener, L Bachelot, A Forestier… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) represent a new and highly promising class of drugs for
personalized medicine. In the last decade, major chemical developments and improvements …

POMC neuronal heterogeneity in energy balance and beyond: an integrated view

C Quarta, M Claret, LM Zeltser, KW Williams… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Hypothalamic AgRP and POMC neurons are conventionally viewed as the yin and yang of
the body's energy status, since they act in an opposite manner to modulate appetite and …

Bioinspired Spatiotemporal Management toward RNA Therapies

Y Ma, S Li, X Lin, Y Chen - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)-based therapies have become an attractive topic in disease
intervention, especially with some that have been approved by the FDA such as the mRNA …

Tanycytes control hypothalamic liraglutide uptake and its anti-obesity actions

M Imbernon, C Saponaro, HCC Helms, M Duquenne… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Liraglutide, an anti-diabetic drug and agonist of the glucagon-like peptide one receptor
(GLP1R), has recently been approved to treat obesity in individuals with or without type 2 …

The versatile tanycyte: a hypothalamic integrator of reproduction and energy metabolism

V Prevot, B Dehouck, A Sharif, P Ciofi… - Endocrine …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The fertility and survival of an individual rely on the ability of the periphery to promptly,
effectively, and reproducibly communicate with brain neural networks that control …

GnRH replacement rescues cognition in Down syndrome

M Manfredi-Lozano, V Leysen, M Adamo, I Paiva… - Science, 2022 - science.org
At the present time, no viable treatment exists for cognitive and olfactory deficits in Down
syndrome (DS). We show in a DS model (Ts65Dn mice) that these progressive …

A GnRH neuronal population in the olfactory bulb translates socially relevant odors into reproductive behavior in male mice

L Decoster, S Trova, S Zucca, J Bulk, A Gouveia… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons regulate fertility and
integrate hormonal status with environmental cues to ensure reproductive success. Here we …

Prolonged breastfeeding protects from obesity by hypothalamic action of hepatic FGF21

V Pena-Leon, C Folgueira, S Barja-Fernández… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Early-life determinants are thought to be a major factor in the rapid increase of obesity.
However, while maternal nutrition has been extensively studied, the effects of breastfeeding …