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Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome

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    • Jing Zhang
    • Lingling Zhou
    • Liulin Tang
    • Liangzhi Xu
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    Affiliations: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, People's Hospital of Yicheng, Yicheng, Hubei 441400, P.R. China, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi 541001, P.R. China
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive endocrinology disease, however, an explicit etiology is not known. Insulin resistance (IR) appears to be central to the pathogenesis of PCOS and inflammation may be significant in the pathogenesis of IR in PCOS. The aims of the present study were to investigate the plasma visfatin level and the gene expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and peripheral blood monocyte‑derived macrophages (PBMMs) from PCOS patients, in addition to investigating the association between PCOS and IR. A total of 21 PCOS patients and 21 control subjects were enrolled in the study; the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA‑IR) was considered to be a stratified method for establishing the subgroups. Fasting blood samples were collected and the levels of sex hormones, insulin, glucose, blood lipids and visfatin were measured. In addition, visfatin gene expression levels in PBMCs and PBMMs were assessed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The plasma visfatin and gene expression levels of visfatin in PBMCs and PBMMs were not observed to increase in the normal weight PCOS and normal weight IR patients. Furthermore, plasma visfatin levels did not correlate with the normal weight PCOS patients or the normal weight IR patients per se. Further investigation into the role of visfatin in the pathogenesis of PCOS or IR should examine macrophages in the tissues, rather than macrophages in the peripheral blood.
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Zhang J, Zhou L, Tang L and Xu L: Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome. Exp Ther Med 7: 1215-1220, 2014.
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Zhang, J., Zhou, L., Tang, L., & Xu, L. (2014). Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 7, 1215-1220. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.1556
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Zhang, J., Zhou, L., Tang, L., Xu, L."Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 7.5 (2014): 1215-1220.
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Zhang, J., Zhou, L., Tang, L., Xu, L."Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 7, no. 5 (2014): 1215-1220. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.1556
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Zhang J, Zhou L, Tang L and Xu L: Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome. Exp Ther Med 7: 1215-1220, 2014.
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Zhang, J., Zhou, L., Tang, L., & Xu, L. (2014). Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 7, 1215-1220. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.1556
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Zhang, J., Zhou, L., Tang, L., Xu, L."Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 7.5 (2014): 1215-1220.
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Zhang, J., Zhou, L., Tang, L., Xu, L."Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA expression of visfatin in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages from normal weight females with polycystic ovary syndrome". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 7, no. 5 (2014): 1215-1220. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.1556
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