<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) represent a common endocrine disorder that affects nearly 4 to 12 percents of reproductive age women in general population studies (1). PCOS is caracterized by the oligoovulation or anovulation, hyperandrogenisam and multiple small ovarian cysts. The etiology of PCOS is steel unclear. Patophysiology of PCOS represents the complex mehanism. There is a wide spectar of signs and symptoms of the PCOS, which vary in severity over the time and within individuals. Major symptoms are: the amenhorhea, oligomenorhea combined with of episodes of menometrorhagia. Some signs of hiperandrogenism are: acne, hirsutism and alopecia. Other important symptoms of the PCOS are: the obesity, dyslpedemia, insuline resistance, metabolic syndrome, infertility, endometrial neoplasia, pregnancy loss. Diagnosis is achieved by exclusion of other factors that lead to anovulation, and laboratory assay of sex hormones and gonadotropines. One of the novel approaches in evaluation of etiology and pathogenesis of the PCOS recognizes oxidative stress as an important factor in genesis of this syndrome. For investigation of the oxidative stress role in the pathogenesis of diseases, some biochemical markers have been used including the MDA and NO also anti-oxidative biomarkers such as Total Antioxidative Capacity, Superoxide Dismutase, Glutation Peroxidase, and glutathione. Most of recent studies compared the oxidative stress biomarker level or antioxidative biomarkers levels in the PCOS patients and healthy controls. Patients with the PCOS in those studies were often subdivided in groups by the presence of insulin resistance (HOMA index) or infertility or not. One of the main problems in this field of research is inconsistency in precise definition of the PCOS, as well as different expression of various symptoms within individuals over the time. In that manner it is very difficult to follow up these patients and to establish criteria that could be compared in studies.</p></abstract>

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) represent a common endocrine disorder that affects nearly 4 to 12 percents of reproductive age women in general population studies (1). PCOS is caracterized by the oligoovulation or anovulation, hyperandrogenisam and multiple small ovarian cysts. The etiology of PCOS is steel unclear. Patophysiology of PCOS represents the complex mehanism. There is a wide spectar of signs and symptoms of the PCOS, which vary in severity over the time and within individuals. Major symptoms are: the amenhorhea, oligomenorhea combined with of episodes of menometrorhagia. Some signs of hiperandrogenism are: acne, hirsutism and alopecia. Other important symptoms of the PCOS are: the obesity, dyslpedemia, insuline resistance, metabolic syndrome, infertility, endometrial neoplasia, pregnancy loss. Diagnosis is achieved by exclusion of other factors that lead to anovulation, and laboratory assay of sex hormones and gonadotropines. One of the novel approaches in evaluation of etiology and pathogenesis of the PCOS recognizes oxidative stress as an important factor in genesis of this syndrome. For investigation of the oxidative stress role in the pathogenesis of diseases, some biochemical markers have been used including the MDA and NO also anti-oxidative biomarkers such as Total Antioxidative Capacity, Superoxide Dismutase, Glutation Peroxidase, and glutathione. Most of recent studies compared the oxidative stress biomarker level or antioxidative biomarkers levels in the PCOS patients and healthy controls. Patients with the PCOS in those studies were often subdivided in groups by the presence of insulin resistance (HOMA index) or infertility or not. One of the main problems in this field of research is inconsistency in precise definition of the PCOS, as well as different expression of various symptoms within individuals over the time. In that manner it is very difficult to follow up these patients and to establish criteria that could be compared in studies.

Roles of Oxidative Stress in Policystic Ovary Syndrome

Clinical Centre Kragujevac, Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) represent a common endocrine disorder that affects nearly 4 to 12 percents of reproductive age women in general population...

Roles of Oxidative Stress in Policystic Ovary Syndrome

Published Online: Dec 11, 2019

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Received: Oct 10, 2019

Accepted: Nov 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0059

Keywords
PCOS, oxidative stress, anovulation, insulin resistance

© 2019 Marija Bicanin Ilic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Roles of Oxidative Stress in Policystic Ovary Syndrome

Published Online: Dec 11, 2019

Page range: -

Received: Oct 10, 2019

Accepted: Nov 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0059

KeywordsPCOS, oxidative stress, anovulation, insulin resistance

© 2019 Marija Bicanin Ilic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
PCOS, oxidative stress, anovulation, insulin resistance