Leonid Poretsky

Reproduction and energy metabolism are closely related, and fertility can be directly affected by either obesity or malnutrition. In this study, we investigated the in vitro effects of irisin and leptin, two hormones primarily involved in e…

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone with canonical roles in calcium metabolism and bone modeling. However, in recent years there has been a growing body of literature presenting associations between vitamin D levels and a variety of disease proc…

We have previously reported that, in human granulosa cells, thiazolidinediones rosiglitazone and pioglitazone inhibit estrogen synthesis by interfering with androgen binding to aromatase, without an effect on aromatase mRNA or protein expre…