Levels of oxytocin-like activity and progesterone in follicular fluid from in vitro fertilization cycles |
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Authors: | John C Peek Vernon J Choy Wayne B Watkins Frederick M Graham |
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Institution: | (1) Postgraduate School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, National Women's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Oxytocinlike immunoreactivity, estradiol, and progesterone were measured in follicular fluid collected during oocyte collection in an in vitro fertilization program in which clomiphene citrate was used to stimulate follicular development. Follicles which yielded morphologically normal embryos after fertilization of the oocyte had oxytocin concentrations ranging from <10 to 600 ng/liter. Oxytocin concentrations did not differ between follicles from 12 pregnancy cycles (median, 169; N=21 and follicles from 12 nonpregnancy cycles (median, 110; N= 18). Oxytocin concentrations were correlated negatively with progesterone concentrations (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient r=–0.50; P=0.001). In cycles with some follicles having progesterone concentrations <10 and some >10 mol/liter, oxytocin concentrations were higher in the less progestogenic follicles in 15 of 16 cases. |
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Keywords: | oxytocin progesterone estradiol follicular fluid in vitro fertilization |
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