Isolated primate primordial follicles require a rigid physical environment to survive and grow in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1801-1810

  Hornick, J E ^a,b   Duncan, F E ^a,b   Shea, L D ^a,b,c   Woodruff, T K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle culture; Primate; Primordial follicle

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FILTRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861548079     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der468     Document Type: Article

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