ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024
The Molecular Link between Obesity and the Endometrial Environment: A Starting Point for Female Infertility.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Endometriosis as a risk factor: impact on IVF outcomes and reproductive parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Pooled it
- Immunometabolic Dysregulation in Female Obesity: Mechanistic Links to Ovarian Dysfunction, Implantation Failure, and Preeclampsia.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- BMAL1 Dysregulation as a Contributing Mechanism Linking Obesity to Oocyte and Endometrial Dysfunction in IVF.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Relationship of weight-adjusted waist index and body mass index with infertility: A NHANES 2015 to 2018 cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Embryonic Mediators of Embryo-Uterus Communication, Implantation and Pregnancy.Molecular reproduction and development · 2026Review
- Therapeutic Potential of Anti-Obesity Drugs in Obesity-Associated Female Reproductive Dysfunction: Translating Mechanistic Evidence into Personalized Clinical Strategies.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Metabolic Reprogramming at the Maternal-Fetal Interface: Insights from Decidual Stromal Cells and Trophoblasts in Healthy Pregnancy Versus Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Body mass index as a key determinant of oxidative stress in women undergoing infertility treatment.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- The clinical value of ultrasound parameters combined with clinical indicators in predicting embryo implantation rates in polycystic ovary syndrome patients at different body mass index levels.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Endometrial receptivity failure in assisted reproduction: immune-cellular niches, mechanistic evidence, and translational boundaries.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The interplay between endometriosis and obesity.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of Medical Nutrition Therapy in the Management of Patients with Obesity and Endometriosis: from the Mediterranean Diet To the Ketogenic Diet, Through Supplementation. The Role of the Nutritionist in Clinical Management.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- The Role of Lifestyle Intervention in Female Fertility: A Modifiable Factor for Preconception Health.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Exploring the Immunological Aspects and Treatments of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Recurrent Implantation Failure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The hidden impact of GLP-1 receptor agonists on endometrial receptivity and implantation.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025 · on this mapReview
- Associations Between Total and Regional Fat-to-Muscle Mass Ratio with the Prevalence of Infertility: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Impact of GnRH Agonist Pretreatment on Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer Outcomes of Overweight/Obese Women Undergoing Hormone Replacement Therapy.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Article
- The Interplay of Uterine Health and Obesity: A Comprehensive Review.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Association between estimated glucose disposal rate and female infertility: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Analysis of Risk Factors Affecting Cumulative Live Birth in Couples With Unexplained Infertility Undergoing IVF/ICSI.Reproductive medicine and biologyArticle
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Abstract
Female infertility constitutes a growing health problem in developing countries and could be associated with several possible causes including reproductive disorders, congenital malformations, infections and hormonal dysfunction. Nonetheless, a series of additional factors can also negatively impact female fertility and are represented by chronic exposure to environmental pollutants, stress, unhealthy lifestyle choices such as cigarette smoking and, among others, obesity. Excess weight is associated with several chronic diseases, and growing evidence demonstrates that it can compromise reproductive physiology due to its influence on endometrial gene expression and receptivity. Thus, the current review of the literature mainly focused on how obesity can impair uterine receptivity, mostly from a molecular point of view throughout the window of implantation (WOI) period at an endometrial level. It was also highlighted that an obesity-related increase in adipose tissue may lead to a modulation in the expression of multiple pathways, which could cause a hostile endometrial environment with a consequent negative impact on the uterine receptivity and the establishment of pregnancy. Thanks to the use of the endometrial receptivity assay (ERA), a specific microarray that studies the expression of a series of genes, it is now possible to evaluate the endometrial status of patients with infertility problems in a more detailed manner. Moreover, female fertility and endometrial receptivity could be affected by endometriosis, a chronic benign gynecological disease, whose cause-and-effect relationship to obesity is still uncertain. Therefore, further investigations would be required to better elucidate these mechanisms that govern embryo implantation and could be potentially useful for the generation of new strategies to overcome implantation failure and improve the pregnancy rates in obese women.
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