Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

BACKGROUND: Estrogens are fundamental to bone health, exerting life-long effects onbone metabolism. They regulate skeletal growth and maturation during adolescence andmaintain bone remodeling in adulthood. The decline in estrogen levels dur…

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested the close link between endometriosis and body size index. However, there are inconsistent associations between central, general, and visceral adiposity index and endometriosis. This study aimed to…

PURPOSE: To define an age-continuous reference range for testosterone (T) in females. METHODS: A large-scale retrospective analysis of anonymised serum T collected via capillary sampling from a private healthcare service. 5,323 female indi…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this review is to examine the current evidence on the potential role of Mediterranean diet (MD) in the prevention and management of endocrine disorders and to highlight the importance of interdisciplinary collaborati…

BACKGROUND: Infertility, which is defined as the inability to conceive after at least 12 months of regular unprotected sexual intercourses, affects about 15-20% of couples worldwide and a male factor is involved in about half of the cases. …

PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to analyze vitamin D status and PTH concentrations in 6- to 8-year-old girls with central precocious puberty. METHODS: A cross-sectional clinical and blood testing study (calcium, phosphorus, 25(OH)…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role and potential molecular mechanism of Galectin-3 (Gal-3) in the etiology of endometriosis-associated infertility. METHODS: We detected Gal-3 expression in eutopic endometrium from women with endometriosis-…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of a continuous regimen combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing 2 mg dienogest and 30 µg ethinyl estradiol (DNG/EE) compared to a 21/7 regimen on the quality of life (QoL) and sexual function in women a…

PURPOSE: To investigate the expression of Adaptor protein containing a PH domain, PTB domain and leucine zipper motif 1 (APPL1), insulin receptor (INSR), adiponectin and adiponectin receptors (adipoR1 and R2) and their possible associations…

INTRODUCTION: Fertility is referred to the capability for having offspring and can be evaluated by fertility rate. Women's fertility is strictly dependent on individual's age. The fertility peak occurs in the early 20s, and it starts to dec…

Despite its discovery 100 years ago, vitamin D (VD) has emerged as one of the most controversial nutrients and prohormones of the 21st century. In the past few years, a growing interest in VD has been observed in the biomedical literature d…

PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of dienogest (DNG) on quality of life (QoL) and sexual function of women affected by endometriosis pain. METHODS: Fifty-four women constituted the study group and were given 2 mg/da…

OBJECTIVE: To research the relationship between polymorphism of trinucleotide (CAG)n repeat alleles of the Exon 1 of androgen receptor gene and women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), or with endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One …

An adult Caucasian female developed a previously unreported association of pelvic endometriosis (PE) with the triad of alopecia universalis (AU), autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Molecular human leukocyte antigen (HL…

Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is a 41-amino acid neurohormone involved in the neuroendocrine response to stress, also playing a role in cell-mediated immune functions and in inflammation. In the light of recent evidence showing an as…

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease affecting women during their reproductive years. An abnormal immune function and, in particular, a decreased natural killer (NK) cell activity have been found in endometriosis, suggesting a rol…

Eighteen patients affected by laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis were randomly assigned to three different schedules of treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) (goserelin depot formulation 3.6 mg) every 28 days …

The levels of the oncofetal antigens CA-125, CA 19-9 and CA 15-3 were measured in serum samples taken from 8 women, aged 21 to 37 yr, before treatment, during the last fifteen days of a 6-month administration of danazol and finally three mo…

In order to investigate the influence of danazol on steroidogenesis and gonadotropic responsiveness of human follicular cells, granulosa and thecal cells of preovulatory follicles were isolated and separately incubated for short term period…