The Role of Resistine in the Fertility of Obese Infertile Males | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 57, Issue 3, August 2016, Pages 1659-1663 | ||
| Author | ||
| Farah Mohommed Saleh Turki | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Fertility is a major need for all humans and obesity has been shown an important factor that may affect it. Resistin is one of the adipokines that have a relation with both fertility and obesity. The study aimed to measure the resistin levels in serum and seminal fluid of normal fertile (n=10), obese infertile (n=20) and Non obese infertile (n=10) individuals using the enzyme linked immunoassay method (ELIZA), Also conventional semen analysis was performed for each sample. Results revealed a highly significant increase (p<0.01) in serum resistine levels in normal fertile males (7.4 ng/ml) compared to both non-obese and obese infertile males (1.13, 3.01 ng/ml) respectively the same results for seminal plasma resistin levels (12.1 ng/ml) compared to (2.1, 5.35 ng/ml) respectively. The results give an indication that resistine may have an influence on the fertility of obese males and this need further investigations in the molecular field of research. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Resistine; Fertility of males; Obesity | ||
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