Article Dans Une Revue Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Année : 2011

Ghrelin and reproductive disorders

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Ghrelin is an important factor involved in most of the metabolic and hormonal signals which adapt the reproductive functions in conditions of altered energy balance. Moreover, the coordinated role of leptin and ghrelin appears in fact to have a specific role in the regulation of puberty. Systemic action of ghrelin on the reproductive axis involves the control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gondal axis. In addition, it has been shown that ghrelin may directly act at a gonadal level in both females and males. Available data also demonstrate that sex steroid hormones and gonadotropins may in turn regulate the gonadal effect of ghrelin, as documented by studies performed in females with the polycystic ovary syndrome and in hypogonadal men. Notably, recent studies also confirm a potentially important role for ghrelin in fetal and neonatal energy balance, and specifically in allowing fetal adaptation to an adverse intrauterine environment.

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hal-00706315 , version 1 (10-06-2012)

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Andrea Repaci, Alessandra Gambineri, Uberto Pagotto, Renato Pasquali. Ghrelin and reproductive disorders. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 2011, ⟨10.1016/j.mce.2011.02.022⟩. ⟨hal-00706315⟩

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