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ArticleJournal of the Endocrine Society2020

Glucocorticoid Resistance in Premature Adrenarche and PCOS: From Childhood to Adulthood.

Aristotle Panayiotopoulos, Amrit Bhangoo, Divya Khurana, Svetlana Ten, Josef Michl, Steven Ghanny

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Article in Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Aristotle PanayiotopoulosPediatric Endocrinology, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York.
Amrit BhangooPediatric Endocrinology, CHOC Children's' Hospital, Orange, California.ORCID 0000-0002-1443-4489
Divya KhuranaPediatric Endocrinology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Svetlana TenPediatric Endocrinology, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, New York.
Josef MichlDepartment of Pathology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
Steven GhannyPediatric Endocrinology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey.
Children's Hospital of Orange County · USHackensack University Medical Center · USRichmond University Medical Center · USStaten Island University Hospital · USSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · USTexas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextWe hypothesize that impaired glucocorticoid sensitivity (GC sensitivity) plays a role in the development of premature adrenarche (PA) and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) by increasing androgen synthesis.

objectiveTo study glucocorticoid sensitivity in vitro in subjects with PA and PCOS. PATIENTS AND

methodsFourteen subjects (10 girls, 4 boys, 6.9 ± 0.6 years) with PA; 27 subjects with PCOS (17 ± 2.5 years) and 31 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. All subjects and controls underwent GC sensitivity analysis in vitro using a fluorescein labeled-dexamethasone (F-DEX) assay. A GC sensitivity index (GCSI) was calculated as area under the curve of the F-DEX assay results. Subjects were classified as GC resistant if the GCSI ≤ 264 and GC sensitive if the GCSI ≥ 386.

resultsIn the PA group, 8 of 14 subjects were resistant with GCSI of 179.7 ± 39.9, 4 were within the normal range with GCSI of 299.6 ± 27.9, and 2 had increased GC sensitivity with GCSI of 423.5 ± 47.9. In the PCOS group, 18 of 27 subjects were GC-resistant with GCSI of 180.9 ± 58.2, 8 were within the normal range with GCSI of 310.7 ± 26.4, and 1 had increased GCSI of 395.4. In the PCOS GC-resistant subgroup, cortisol was higher compared with PCOS with normal GCSI (

conclusionGC resistance was found in more than 50% of patients with PCOS and PA. The findings strongly suggest that GC resistance is associated with states of PA and PCOS.

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glucocorticoid receptorglucocorticoid resistanceglucocorticoid sensitivity indexPCOSpremature adrenarche

Identifiers

PMID32904537
PMCPMC7456159
OpenAlexW3047258626

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