Functional genetic polymorphisms and female reproductive disorders: Part I: Polycystic ovary syndrome and ovarian response

M Simoni, CB Tempfer, B Destenaves… - Human reproduction …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND The identification of polymorphisms associated with a disease can help to
elucidate its pathogenesis, and this knowledge can be used to improve prognosis for …

Genetic predictors of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation: where do we stand today?

S Altmäe, O Hovatta, A Stavreus-Evers… - Human reproduction …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Nowadays, the use of IVF has improved the prospects of infertility treatment.
The expected outcome of IVF depends greatly on the effectiveness of controlled ovarian …

All males are not created equal: fertility differences depend on gamete recognition polymorphisms in sea urchins

SR Palumbi - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Behaviors, morphologies, and genetic loci directly involved in reproduction have been
increasingly shown to be polymorphic within populations. Explaining how such variants are …

Oestrogen receptor-alpha gene polymorphism is associated with endometriosis, adenomyosis and leiomyomata

J Kitawaki, H Obayashi, H Ishihara… - Human …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Endometriosis, adenomyosis and leiomyomata develop in women of reproductive age and
regress after menopause or ovariectomy, suggesting that they grow in an oestrogen …

Vitamin D and estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms in type 2 diabetes mellitus and in android type obesity

G Speer, K Cseh, G Winkler, P Vargha… - European journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Objective We studied the significance of BsmI restriction enzyme polymorphism of the
vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and the XbaI and PvuII polymorphisms of the estrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Association of estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms with endometriosis

I Georgiou, M Syrrou, I Bouba, N Dalkalitsis… - Fertility and …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: To explore the association of the estrogen receptor two-allele (point)
polymorphism and multiallele (microsatellite) polymorphism with endometriosis. Design …

Human controlled ovarian hyperstimulation outcome is a polygenic trait

F de Castro, FJ Morón, L Montoro… - Pharmacogenetics …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
This study aimed to evaluate the association between follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
hormone efficacy and FSHR, CYP19, ESR1 and ESR2 genes using single nucleotide …

Association between estrogen receptor-β gene polymorphisms and ovulatory dysfunctions in patients with menstrual disorders

C Sundarrajan, WX Liao, AC Roy… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Estrogen plays a significant role in human ovulation. It acts as an important positive
regulator of the preovulatory gonadotropin surge necessary to initiate the cascade of events …

Influence of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) Ser680Asn polymorphism on ovarian function and in-vitro fertilization outcome: a meta-analysis

Y Yao, C Ma, H Tang, Y Hu - Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A common follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor (or FSHR)
polymorphism Ser680Asn (rs6166) was found to be associated with altered ovarian …

Association of oestrogen receptor α polymorphisms and androgen receptor CAG trinucleotide repeats with male infertility: a study in 109 Greek infertile men

A Kukuvitis, I Georgiou, I Bouba, A Tsirka… - … journal of andrology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This study was performed to examine the contribution of genetic polymorphism of oestrogen
and androgen receptor (AR) genes in male infertility. We have studied in total 173 Greek …