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. 2023 Feb 24;12(5):1829.
doi: 10.3390/jcm12051829.

Does Endometriosis Impact the Composition of Follicular Fluid in IL6 and AMH? A Case-Control Study

Khadija Kacem-Berjeb  1   2 , Marouen Braham  2   3 , Cyrine Ben Massoud  1 , Hela Hannachi  2   4 , Manel Hamdoun  2   4 , Sana Chtourou  1   2 , Linda Debbabi  1   2 , Maha Bouyahia  2   3 , Anis Fadhlaoui  3 , Fethi Zhioua  2   3 , Anis Feki  5 , Nozha Chakroun  1   2 , Olfa Bahri  2   4
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Does Endometriosis Impact the Composition of Follicular Fluid in IL6 and AMH? A Case-Control Study

Khadija Kacem-Berjeb et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare follicular liquid levels of IL6 and AMH in women with and without endometriosis and to evaluate their potential impact on ICSI outcomes.

Materials and methods: It is a prospective case-control study conducted on 25 women with proven endometriosis and 50 patients diagnosed with other causes of infertility. All these patients were candidates for ICSI cycles. Their follicular fluid was collected at the time of oocyte retrieval and used to evaluate IL-6 and AMH titers by electro-chemiluminescent immunoassay (Cobas e411-Roche).

Results: The IL-6 levels in follicular fluid were higher in the endometriosis group than in the control group (152.3 vs. 19.9 pg/mL; p = 0.02). The median level for AMH was 2.2 ± 1.88 ng/mL with no statistical difference between the two groups (2.2 vs. 2.7 ng/mL, p = 0.41). No significant correlation between the follicular IL6 and AMH levels was observed.

Conclusions: The oocyte quality seems to be preserved in patients with endometriosis with the adequate response to ovarian stimulation. High levels of follicular IL6 are in accordance with the inflammatory phenomenon of the disease; however, this increase has no impact on ICSI outcomes.

Keywords: AMH; IL6; IVF; endometriosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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