Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1837-1841, May 2009

Recombinant luteinizing hormone induces increased production of ovarian follicular adiponectin in vivo: implications for enhanced insulin sensitivity

  • Guy Gutman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sara Racine IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Guy Gutman, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Weizman 6, Tel-Aviv, Israel (FAX: 97236442532).
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  • Vivian Barak, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Laboratory for Tumor Diagnosis, Oncology Department, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Sharon Maslovitz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sara Racine IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • ,
  • Ami Amit, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sara Racine IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Joseph B. Lessing, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sara Racine IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • ,
  • Eli Geva, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sara Racine IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 31 May 2007; received in revised form 5 February 2008; accepted 5 February 2008. published online 28 April 2008.

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 G.G. has nothing to disclose. S.M. has nothing to disclose. A.A. has nothing to disclose. J.B.L. has nothing to disclose. E.G. has nothing to disclose.

 Presented in part at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the 51st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS), October 15–19, 2005, Montreal, Canada.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00246-X

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.006

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1837-1841, May 2009