Endocrine Abstracts

Microbiota plays a major role in health and disease in humans. Sex hormones influence the diversity and composition of the gut microbiota. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age (6–20%). PCOS is characterized by the association of androgen excess with oligomenorrhea, anovulatory infertility, and increased metabolic risk factors. The study of the interaction between gut microbiota and sex hormones in PCOS coul...

Background: Adipose tissue is considered a highly active metabolic and endocrine organ with important physiological functions. The evaluation of protein expression has the potential advantage of providing a global vision of the cellular pathways associated with adipose tissue dysfunction and obesity, permitting the identification of novel candidate molecules that would have not been considered of interest otherwise.Objectives: To identify proteins differ...