Autophagy and Obesity-Related Reproductive Dysfunction

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Tao Tao, Huanbai Xu

Abstract

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a common obesity-related reproductive disease in women of child-bearing age,which is usually accompanied with endocrine and metabolic abnormalities such as hyperandrogenemia and hyperinsulinemia. The abnormal reproductive function of PCOS is mainly characterized by the morphological and functional changes of ovary. Autophagy is involved in the maintenance of human ovarian physiological function as well as in the process of luteal degeneration, and affects the survival of granulosa cells. This chapter introduces the latest research progress of the relationship between autophagy and PCOS. How autophagy is involved in the occurrence and development of PCOS remains to be further studied.

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