Metabolic Syndrome and Menopause: The Impact of Menopause Duration on Risk Factors and Components.

Purpose: This study was undertaken to investigate the impact of menopause duration on the risk factors and components of metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Patients And Methods: Women aged between 45 and 60 years participated in the study. Participants were split into two groups based on the duration of menopause.

Prolidase activity in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing assisted conception.

Prolidase is a manganese (Mn)-dependent cytosolic exopeptidase that degrades imidodipeptides with C-terminal proline or hydroxyproline. Prolidase recycling from imidodipeptides plays a critical role in collagen resynthesis and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling. Following an increase in gonadotropins, ovarian and follicular collagen undergo substantial degradation.

Are epigenetic mechanisms and nutrition effective in male and female infertility?

This review discusses epigenetic mechanisms and the relationship of infertility in men and women in relation to parameters pertaining to nutrition. The prevalence of infertility worldwide is 8-12 %, and one out of every eight couples receives medical treatment. Epigenetic mechanisms, aging, environmental factors, dietary energy and nutrients and non-nutrient compounds; more or less energy intake, and methionine come into play in the occurrence of infertility.

Serum and Follicular Fluid Thiol/Disulfide Homeostasis in Diminished Ovarian Reserve Patients Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Treatment.

Introduction: The etiologies of diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) are still poorly understood, and many factors such as age, autoimmunity, genetics, idiopathicity, iatrogenesis, and oxidative stress (OS) play a role. Oxidative cellular damage increases following reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced aging. This is the first study to evaluate the serum and follicular fluid (FF) thiol/disulfide homeostasis in patients under 35 years of age with DOR undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Evaluation of Dysfunctional HDL by Myeloperoxidase/Paraoxonase Ratio in Unexplained Infertility Patients Undergoing IVF/ICSI.

Unlabelled: The relationship between oxidative stress and unexplained infertility (UEI) has not been studied in detail. This is the first study to evaluate dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein (HDL) by the myeloperoxidase (MPO) and paraoxonase (PON) ratio to investigate the role of oxidative stress in UEI.

Materials And Methods: Patients with UEI (study group, = 40) and male factor infertility (control group, = 36) were included in this prospective study.

Young plasma transfer recovers decreased sperm counts and restores epigenetics in aged testis.

Background And Aim: Aging is one of the causes of male infertility, and abnormal global DNA methylation and imprinting defects have been characterized in testis during biological aging. One of the important emerging approaches aims to take advantage of the healing properties of young blood plasma to limit the progression of aging in various organs in the body. We aimed to show whether blood plasma transfer has an effect on DNA methylation and spermatogenetic cell development.

Maternal plasma levels of vitamin D in postterm pregnancy.

This study was conducted to examine the levels of vitamin D in postterm pregnancy. The study consisted of two groups: Group 1: women with postterm pregnancy in whom labour has not started ( = 40). Group 2: pregnant women with spontaneous labour between 37 and 41 weeks of gestation ( = 40).

The effect of fetal hypoxia on myeloperoxidase levels in cord blood: a prospective study.

Background: We aimed to compare myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels in cord blood samples of mothers with and without perinatal hypoxia, since fetal hypoxia results in decreased pH, base excess, and an increase in pCO2 and lactate levels.

Methods: We enrolled 42 pregnant women to this cross-sectional analytic study if they had met following criteria: uneventful gestational follow-ups, no known chronic or pregnancy-associated diseases, a BMI of <29.9, a singleton pregnancy, those with pregnancy over 34 weeks.

Blake's pouch cyst: Prenatal diagnosis and management.

Objective: This study aimed to present the characteristic features of 19 patients who were diagnosed as having Blake's pouch cyst (BPC) at our center.

Materials And Methods: Nineteen patients diagnosed as BPC between 2015 and 2019 were included in this retrospective study. Follow-up examinations were performed using ultrasonography (US) every three weeks up to 35 weeks of gestation.