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Author Spotlight: Investigating the Mechanisms and Inducing Models of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Published on: July 5, 2024
Role of C-type natriuretic peptide in polycystic ovary syndrome
Ali Cenk Özay1,2, Özlen Emekçi Özay1, Oğuz Han Edebal3
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cyprus Internatinal University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Objective:
To evaluate serum C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) and androgen concentrations in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and compare them with the healthy group.
Methods:
The present study was carried out prospectively at the Near East University Hospital, between July 15, 2019 and September 1, 2020. Out of the 90 patients aged between 18 and 40 years old who were enrolled, the final study population consisted of 36 patients with PCOS and 30 healthy women.
Results:
Body mass index, free androgen index, serum androstenedione, total testosterone, free testosterone, and CNP were significantly higher and serum sex-hormone-binding globulin level was lower in the PCOS group.
Conclusion:
We revealed that serum CNP levels are high in PCOS patients. The mechanism of the relationship between this increase and hyperandrogenism or anovulation is not known, but these findings provide a direction for new studies.
Clinicaltrials:
GOV: NCT04006171.
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