STUDY QUESTION Does sex-steroid feedback influence gonadotrophin responses to kisspeptin-10? SUMMARY ANSWER Gonadotrophin response to kisspeptin-10 is enhanced in sex-steroid deficient post-menopausal women and suppressed in women taking pharmacological doses of exogenous estrogen and progestogen. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Kisspeptin, a novel hypothalamic neuropeptide, stimulates gonadotrophin ...

The effect of extremes of body mass on ovulation is well recognized by clinicians. However, the effect of obesity and extreme underweight on the outcome of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles has received relatively little attention. In a retrospective nested case-control study we examined the effect of the extremes of body mass index (BMI) on IVF-embryo transfer outcome at a university-based I...

Through pioneering human IVF as a global infertility treatment, Robert Edwards and his clinical partner Patrick Steptoe launched the field of IVF endocrinology. Following repeated failures with oocytes collected in human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) primed cycles timed to injection of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG), the first successful IVF pregnancy came from a spontaneous menstrual cyc...

In order to evaluate the efficacy and safety of recombinant human follicle stimulating hormone (r-hFSH) in combination with urinary human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) to induce spermatogenesis and fertility in gonadotrophin-deficient men, we conducted a prospective, open, non-comparative multicentre study in two Australian academic medical centres. Ten men with gonadotrophin deficiency requiri...

BACKGROUND Ovarian stimulation affects normal endometrial development. The expression of angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1), angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) and the vascular state in the peri-implantation endometrium in women with natural and gonadotrophin-stimulated cycles were compared. METHODS The expression of these angiogenesis-associated molecules in endomet...

A 7 year old girl with precocious puberty was treated with buserelin, a long acting analogue of gonadotrophin releasing hormone. Spontaneous and stimulated gonadotrophin secretion became prepubertal but returned to pubertal values when buserelin was withdrawn, suggesting that normal sexual maturation should follow cessation of treatment.

LABORATORY DATA biochemical markers metabolic defect chromosomal assignment chromosome 5q localization gene, structural-functional anomalies CNCG tissue cyclic nucleotide gated channel photoreceptor gene analysis-DNA analysis Marineso-Sjogren syndrome ( MSS) gene chr.5q31 pituitary hormones, modified functions follicle-stimulating hormone, gonadotrophin (FSH) , high levels luteinizing hormone, ...