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. 2021 Apr 6;22(7):3789. doi: 10.3390/ijms22073789

Table 1.

Inflammatory markers in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients.

Authors Ref. Year of Publication Study Design Main Findings
Kelly, C.C., Lyall, H., Petrie, J.R. et al. [14] 2001 Clinical study elevated CRP concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Orio, F., Palomba, S., Casella, T. et al. [17] 2005 Clinical study elevated CRP and WBC concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Souza Dos Santos A.C., Soares, N.P. et al. [16] 2015 Clinical study elevated CRP concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Tola, E.N., Yalcin, S.E., Dugan, N. [15] 2017 Clinical study elevated CRP concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
WBC-distributed homogenously between PCOS and control group
Rudnicka, E., Kunicki, M., Suchta, K. et al. [10] 2020 Clinical study elevated CRP and WBC concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Escobar Morreale H.F., Laque-Ramirez, M., Gonzalez, F. [18] 2011 Systematic review and meta-analysis elevated CRP concentration in PCOS patients versus control group,
no statistically significant difference in IL-6 and TNF-αin PCOS patients versus control group
Toulis, K.A., Goulis, D.G., Mintziori, G. et al. [19] 2011 Systematic review and meta-analysis elevated CRP concentration in PCOS patients versus control group no statistically significant difference in IL-6 and TNF-αin PCOS patients versus control group
Kaya, C., Pabuccu, R., Berker, B. et al. [22] 2010 Clinical study elevated IL-18 concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Escobar-Morreale, H.F., Botella-Carretero, J., Villuendas, G. et al. [23] 2004 Clinical study elevated IL-18 concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Glintborg, D., Andresen, M., Richelsen, B. et al. [24] 2009 Clinical study elevated MCP-1 concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Franik, G., Sadlocha, M., Madej, P. et al. [12] 2020 Clinical study decreased concentration of omentin -1 levels in PCOS patients versus control group
Hu, W., Qiao, J., Yang, Y. et al. [25] 2011 Clinical study elevated CRP and MCP-1 concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Papolou, O., Livadas, S., Karachalios, A. et al. [36] 2015 Clinical study elevated WBC concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Herlihy, A.C., Kelly, R.E., Hogan, J.L. et al. [37] 2011 Clinical study elevated WBC concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Phelan, N., O’Connor, A., Tun, K. et al. [38] 2013 Clinical study elevated WBC concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Garg, D., Merhi, Z. [41] 2016 Clinical study elevated AGEs concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Merhi, Z. [42] 2014 Review elevated AGEs concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Diamanti-Kandarakis, E., Piperi, C., Kalofoutis, A. et al. [43] 2005 Clinical study elevated AGEs and RAGE concentration in PCOS patients versus control group
Zhang, J., Bao, Y., Zhou, X. et al. [47] 2019 Review mitochondrial dysfunction plays a role in pathogenesis of PCOS by increasing ROS and oxidative stress
Cozzolino, M., Seli, E. [48] 2020 Review mitochondrial dysfunction plays a role in pathogenesis of PCOS by increasing ROS and oxidative stress
Uysal, S., Isik, A.Z., Eris, S. et al. [49] 2015 Clinical study decreased endometrial glycodelin (induce apoptosis of monocytes) expression in PCOS women with miscarriage