title: Role Of Vitamin D And Adipose Tissue Hormones In Women With Reproductive Disorders.
abstract: The role of vitamin D beyond that it plays in bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis has been lately quite emphasized. In this respect, vitamin D deficiency has been associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and reproductive disorders. Growing evidence has suggested that vitamin D deficiency is implicated in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and the development of metabolic disorders in the polycystic ovary syndrome. The goal of the review is to present contemporary concepts of the relationship between hormones affecting the metabolic body status, serum vitamin D levels and the reproductive function.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Medical University,
  Plovdiv, Bulgaria
authors.forename: Presiyana V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Nyagolova
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Medical University,
  Plovdiv, Bulgaria
authors.forename: Mitko D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mitkov
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Medical University,
  Plovdiv, Bulgaria
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Orbetsova
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D054439:Ghrelin / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D020738:Leptin / Q000502:physiology*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D054439:Ghrelin; D007328:Insulin; D020738:Leptin; D014807:Vitamin D