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Hormones, such as insulin, growth hormones (GH), ghrelin, LEAP-2, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), insulin, the luteinizing hormone\/follicle-stimulating hormone (LH\/FSH) ratio, androgens, and estrogens, are all abnormal in PCOS women. These hormones are related to metabolic disorders, such as diabetes and insulin resistance, overweight and obesity, infertility, and disturbed menstrual cycle in PCOS patients. The pathological changes of these hormones, such as increased insulin, reduced GH, increased ghrelin, and leptin resistance, result in an increased prevalence of diabetes and obesity in PCOS women. A reduced GH, increased LEAP-2 levels, high LH basal, increased LH\/FSH ratio, high androgens, and low estrogen are demonstrated in PCOS and linked to infertility. This narrative review aims to clarify the changes of hormone profiles, such as insulin, GH, LH, FSH, androgens, estrogen, progesterone, ghrelin, LEAP-2, asprosin, and subfatin, in PCOS, which may reveal novel targets for better diagnosis and treatment of PCOS.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1530\/joe-23-0342","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,29]],"date-time":"2024-01-29T13:03:57Z","timestamp":1706533437000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1530\/crossmarkpolicy-5","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":170,"title":["Hormonal changes in PCOS"],"prefix":"10.1530","volume":"261","author":[{"given":"Jianmei","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China"},{"name":"Endocrinology, SBMS, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2104-534X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Chen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Endocrinology, SBMS, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"416","reference":[{"key":"bib1","series-title":"Endocrine Reviews","first-page":"400","article-title":"Insulin-like growth factors as intraovarian regulators of granulosa cell growth and function","volume":"6","author":"Adashi","year":"1985","unstructured":"Adashi EYResnick CED\u2019Ercole AJSvoboda ME & Van Wyk JJ1985Insulin-like growth factors as intraovarian regulators of granulosa cell growth and function. 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