Immunoregulation of follicular renewal, selection, POF, and menopause in vivo, vs. neo-oogenesis in vitro, POF and ovarian infertility treatment, and a clinical trial

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bukovsky, Antonin ^a   Caudle, Michael R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Cherokee Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal neo oogenesis; Follicular renewal in mammals; Follicular selection; Granulosa cell renewal; Immune physiology; Neo oogenesis in vitro; Neo oogensis during the prime reproductive period; Ovarian function; Ovary; Tissue homeostasis

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENOPAUSE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; REVIEW; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENOPAUSE; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84869863706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-10-97     Document Type: Review

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