hrp0094p2-405 | Sex differentiation, gonads and gynaecology or sex endocrinology | ESPE2021

Serum high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) levels are independently associated with glucose clamp-derived measures of insulin resistance in PCOS

Catellani Cecilia , Migazzi Matteo , Sartori Chiara , Dauriz Marco , Righi Beatrice , Cirillo Francesca , Villani Michela , Tosi Flavia , Moghetti Paolo , Street Maria Elisabeth

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders among women of reproductive age, and is characterised by chronic inflammation and in most cases by insulin resistance besides ovulatory dysfunction and hyperandrogenism. HMGB1 is a small protein with cytokine activity that can activate nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells (Nf-kB), and signals through the Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGEs) and through the T...