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ReviewNutrients2022

Contribution of Advanced Glycation End Products to PCOS Key Elements: A Narrative Review.

Marco Mouanness, Henry Nava, Christelle Dagher, Zaher Merhi

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Review in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marco MouannessRejuvenating Fertility Center, New York, NY 10019, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0700-3813
Henry NavaRejuvenating Fertility Center, New York, NY 10019, USA.
Christelle DagherDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut P.O. Box 100, Lebanon.
Zaher MerhiRejuvenating Fertility Center, New York, NY 10019, USA.
New Hope Fertility Center · USAmerican University of Beirut Medical Center · LBMaimonides Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last decade, data has suggested that dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) play an important role in both reproductive and metabolic dysfunctions associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). AGEs are highly reactive molecules that are formed by the non-enzymatic glycation process between reducing sugars and proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids. They can be formed endogenously under normal metabolic conditions or under abnormal situations such as diabetes, renal disease, and other inflammatory disorders. Bodily AGEs can also accumulate from exogenous dietary sources particularly when ingested food is cooked and processed under high-temperature conditions, such as frying, baking, or grilling. Women with PCOS have elevated levels of serum AGEs that are associated with insulin resistance and obesity and that leads to a high deposition of AGEs in the ovarian tissue causing anovulation and hyperandrogenism. This review will describe new data relevant to the role of AGEs in several key elements of PCOS phenotype and pathophysiology. Those elements include ovarian dysfunction, hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance, and obesity. The literature findings to date suggest that targeting AGEs and their cellular actions could represent a novel approach to treating PCOS symptoms.

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HyperandrogenismInsulin ResistancePolycystic Ovary SyndromeFemaleGlycation End Products, AdvancedHumansObesityGlycation End Products, Advancedadvanced glycation end productshyperandrogenisminsulin resistanceobesityovariesPCOS

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PMID36079834
PMCPMC9460172
OpenAlexW4293715617

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