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* Aging of the human ovary and testis. Perheentupa A, Huhtaniemi I. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2009 Feb 5;299(1):2-13. Epub 2008 Nov 18. Review. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19059459 PMID: 19059459] | * Aging of the human ovary and testis. Perheentupa A, Huhtaniemi I. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2009 Feb 5;299(1):2-13. Epub 2008 Nov 18. Review. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19059459 PMID: 19059459] | ||
* Origin of germ cells and formation of new primary follicles in adult human ovaries. Bukovsky A, Caudle MR, Svetlikova M, Upadhyaya NB. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2004 Apr 28;2:20. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15115550 PMID: 15115550] | |||
:" During follicle formation, extensions of granulosa cells enter the oocyte cytoplasm, forming a single paranuclear CK+ Balbiani body supplying all the mitochondria of the oocyte. In the ovarian medulla, occasional vessels show an accumulation of ZP+ oocytes (25-30 microns) or their remnants, suggesting that some oocytes degenerate. In contrast to males, adult human female gonads do not preserve germline type stem cells. This study expands our previous observations on the formation of germ cells in adult human ovaries. Differentiation of primitive granulosa and germ cells from the bipotent mesenchymal cell precursors of TA in adult human ovaries represents a most sophisticated adaptive mechanism created during the evolution of female reproduction. Our data indicate that the pool of primary follicles in adult human ovaries does not represent a static but a dynamic population of differentiating and regressing structures. An essential mission of such follicular turnover might be elimination of spontaneous or environmentally induced genetic alterations of oocytes in resting primary follicles." | |||
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- Aging of the human ovary and testis. Perheentupa A, Huhtaniemi I. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2009 Feb 5;299(1):2-13. Epub 2008 Nov 18. Review. PMID: 19059459
- Origin of germ cells and formation of new primary follicles in adult human ovaries. Bukovsky A, Caudle MR, Svetlikova M, Upadhyaya NB. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2004 Apr 28;2:20. PMID: 15115550
- " During follicle formation, extensions of granulosa cells enter the oocyte cytoplasm, forming a single paranuclear CK+ Balbiani body supplying all the mitochondria of the oocyte. In the ovarian medulla, occasional vessels show an accumulation of ZP+ oocytes (25-30 microns) or their remnants, suggesting that some oocytes degenerate. In contrast to males, adult human female gonads do not preserve germline type stem cells. This study expands our previous observations on the formation of germ cells in adult human ovaries. Differentiation of primitive granulosa and germ cells from the bipotent mesenchymal cell precursors of TA in adult human ovaries represents a most sophisticated adaptive mechanism created during the evolution of female reproduction. Our data indicate that the pool of primary follicles in adult human ovaries does not represent a static but a dynamic population of differentiating and regressing structures. An essential mission of such follicular turnover might be elimination of spontaneous or environmentally induced genetic alterations of oocytes in resting primary follicles."
