Evidence of Gonadal and Gonadotropin Antibodies in Women With a Suboptimal Ovarian Response to Exogenous Gonadotropin
作者:
WILLIAM MEYER,
GAD LAVY,
ALAN DeCHERNEY,
IRENE VISINTIN,
KATHY ECONOMY,
JUDITH LUBORSKY,
期刊:
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(OVID Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 75,
issue 5
页码: 795-799
ISSN:0029-7844
年代: 1990
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Failure to respond to human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) with adequate ovarian stimulation is associated with a poor prognosis in subsequent cycles in women participating in an in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer program. Sera from 26 menstruating women (mean age 38 ± 4.3 years) identified as “low responders” with either tubal or male factor infertility, mean baseline FSH values of 11 mlU/mL, and peak serum estradiol levels lower than 300 pg/mL were assessed for specific antibodies to human ovary and gonadotropins. Twenty-five infertile women with tubal or male factor infertility with a good response to hMG served as controls. Ninety-two percent of low responders had antibodies to FSH and 65% had antibodies to LH when assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Similarly, 77% of low responders had ovarian antibodies. No hepatic antibodies were found in the sera of low responders, indicating that the positivity was not a general interaction with cell components. None of the “good responders” had antibodies to gonadotropins or to ovarian or liver tissue. The significant differences in antibodies between the groups supports a possible immunologic cause for low ovarian stimulation response to gonadotropin
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