Emerging Technologies to Control Oocyte Apoptosis Are Finally Treading on Fertile Ground by Jonathan L. Tilly

“…This problem is compounded in females since the ovaries, unlike the testes, are incapable of germ cell renewal in postnatal life. …”
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Transient clitoromegaly in an extremely preterm twin infant with popliteal pterygium by Lavinia La Grasta Sabolić, Ana Kovačević, Lucija Ana Trtanj, Bernardica Valent Morić, Jasna Tumbri

“…Significantly elevated levels of gonadotropins, testosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) were recorded. 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) was unremarkable, and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) was low, in accordance with normal female karyotype. Ovaries were not visualised ultrasonographically. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges in Ovarian Hyperthecosis: Clinical Presentation with Subdiagnostic Testosterone Levels by Sanket Shah, Callie Torres, Naser Gharaibeh

“…Imaging revealed normal ovaries in both patients. However, both patients had total serum testosterone levels below the lower diagnostic limit for ovarian hyperthecosis. …”
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Case report: Successful laparoscopic management of early abdominal pregnancy by Haixia Li, Limin Feng, Shengpeng Zhang

“…BackgroundAbdominal pregnancy is characterized by the implantation of the gestational sac within the peritoneal cavity, specifically outside the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and cervix. This exceedingly rare form of ectopic pregnancy accounts for about 1% of all ectopic pregnancies. …”
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Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor: A Very Rare Case of Sex-Cord Tumor of the Testis with Review of the Literature by Dimosthenis Miliaras, Eleftherios Anagnostou, Ioannis Moysides

“…Granulosa cell tumor (GST) is a sex-cord/stromal neoplasm of the gonads, more commonly arising in the ovaries, while approximately 80 cases have been reported in the testes. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma with Isolated Renal Involvement by Sultan Aydın Köker, Alper Koker, Adem Yasin Köksoy, Yasemin Kayadibi, Ülkü Gül Şiraz, Emine Tekin

“…The clinical presentation of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is frequently associated with the involvement of the abdomen and mediastinal lymphadenopathies, but rarely the kidney, ovaries, and testicles. Here, we report a rare case of T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) presenting with bilateral nephromegaly without acute renal failure (ARF) as the first manifestation. …”
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Tuboovarian Abscess due to Colonic Diverticulitis in a Virgin Patient with Morbid Obesity: A Case Report by Zafer Selçuk Tuncer, Gokhan Boyraz, Senem Özge Yücel, İlker Selçuk, Aslıhan Yazicioğlu

“…The sigmoid colon was lying between two tuboovarian masses, and its borders could not be distinguished from the ovaries. The patient was presumed to have bilateral tuboovarian abscesses which developed as a complication of the sigmoid diverticulitis. …”
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A Krukenberg Tumor from an Occult Intramucosal Gastric Carcinoma Identified during an Autopsy by Yoshiaki Nakamura, Ayako Hiramatsu, Takafumi Koyama, Yu Oyama, Ayuko Tanaka, Koichi Honma

“…Histopathological examination of the ovaries showed bilateral Krukenberg tumors with signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC). …”
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Expression of miR-141 and Osteogenic Gene Dlx5, Msx2 and Runx2 in Osteogenic Differentiation of BMSCs in Ovariectomized Osteoporosis Model Mice by Zhenpu WEI, Wenming ZHANG, Pan SUN, Zhiqiang WANG, Yanping LIN

“…The mouse model of postmenopausal osteoporosis in the model group was established by ovariectomy, and the ovaries were preserved and only the fat around the ovaries were removed in the sham operation group. …”
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A Rare Case of Primary Amenorrhea with Two Etiologies, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, Transverse Vaginal Septum, and No Hematocolpos by Firouzeh Ghaffari, Fatemeh Keikha, Arezoo Arabipoor

“…Laparoscopy revealed a small rudimentary uterus with streak ovaries and a vaginal pouch. The patient with diagnosis of Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome was subjected to a vaginoplasty in another fertility center. …”
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The effects of melatonin on follicular oxidative stress and art outcomes in women with diminished ovarian reserve: a randomized controlled trial by Sonia Sadeghpour, Morteza Ghasemnejad-Berenji, Farzad Maleki, Tahereh Behroozi-Lak, Robabeh Bahadori, Hojat Ghasemnejad-Berenji

“…Starting on the fifth day of their menstrual cycle, we gave them either 3 mg of Melatonin or a placebo every day before stimulating their ovaries. We obtained follicular fluid during oocyte retrieval, assessed it for oxidative stress indicators, and documented ART outcomes. …”
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Physiological premature aging of ovarian blood vessels leads to decline in fertility in middle-aged mice by Lu Mu, Ge Wang, Xuebing Yang, Jing Liang, Huan Tong, Lingyu Li, Kaiying Geng, Yingnan Bo, Xindi Hu, Ruobing Yang, Xueqiang Xu, Yan Zhang, Hua Zhang

“…This leads to a diminished blood supply to the ovaries, resulting in inadequate development and maturation of ovarian follicles. …”
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Physiologic Course of Female Reproductive Function: A Molecular Look into the Prologue of Life by Joselyn Rojas, Mervin Chávez-Castillo, Luis Carlos Olivar, María Calvo, José Mejías, Milagros Rojas, Jessenia Morillo, Valmore Bermúdez

“…This vital course may be systematized in three subsequent stages: prenatal development of ovaries and germ cells up until in utero arrest of follicular growth and the ensuing interim suspension of gonadal function; onset of reproductive maturity through puberty, with reinitiation of both gonadal and adrenal activity; and adult functionality of the ovarian cycle which permits ovulation, a key event in female fertility, and dictates concurrent modifications in the endometrium and other ovarian hormone-sensitive tissues. …”
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Apelin in Reproductive Physiology and Pathology of Different Species: A Critical Review by Patrycja Kurowska, Alix Barbe, Marta Różycka, Justyna Chmielińska, Joelle Dupont, Agnieszka Rak

“…Thus, apelin is synthesized locally in the hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, and testis of many species and has autocrine and/or paracrine effects. …”
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A chromosome-level genome assembly of wild silkmoth, Bombyx mandarina by Jung Lee, Takashi Kiuchi, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Shuji Shigenobu, Atsushi Toyoda, Toru Shimada

“…The assembly harbors 14,859 protein-coding genes and 628 piRNA clusters across three tissues: ovaries, testis, and embryos. ATAC-seq data comprehensively detected open chromosome regions, which will benefit when CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing is conducted.…”
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The Association of the GABRP Polymorphisms with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Hun-Soo Kim, Eun-Heui Jin, Ji-Su Mo, Hyeok Shim, Shin-Seok Lee, Soo-Cheon Chae

“…This gene encodes multisubunit chloride channels and is also expressed in numerous nonneuronal tissues such as the uterus and the ovaries. This study was aimed to validate whether the polymorphisms in the GABRP gene are associated with the susceptibility to systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE). …”
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Expression of Semaphorin 3F and Its Receptors in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, Fallopian Tubes, and Secondary Müllerian Tissues by Christina D. Drenberg, Sandra Livingston, Ren Chen, Patricia A. Kruk, Santo V. Nicosia

“…We analyzed the immunohistological expression of S3F, NP-2, and NP-1 in clinical specimens of normal ovaries (N), benign cystadenomas (Cy), well-differentiated adenocarcinomas (WD), poorly-differentiated adenocarcinomas (PD), inclusion cysts (IC), paraovarian cysts (PC), and fallopian tubes (FT). …”
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Case report: Cutaneous metastasis of squamous cervical carcinoma: complete regression after molecular diagnosis by Liwen Guo, Yanqiong Liu, Shuhua Zhang, Wei Liu, Wei Liu

“…Common metastasis sites for cervical cancer are the lungs, bones, liver, brain, ovaries, and lymph nodes, among other sites. Skin metastasis is very uncommon, and is only observed in approximately 1% of patients. …”
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Increased susceptibility to diet-induced obesity in female mice impairs ovarian steroidogenesis: The role of elevated leptin signalling on nodal activity inhibition in theca cells by Karolina Wołodko, Tjaša Šentjurc, Edyta Walewska, Elżbieta Laniecka, Magdalena Jura, António Galvão

“…Following the characterisation of the mouse phenotype, gonadal fat (GON), whole ovaries (WO), ovarian TC and granulosa cell (GC) fractions were collected for mRNA transcription and protein expression analysis. …”
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Optimization of ovum pick-up-in vitro fertilization and in vitro growth of immature oocytes in ruminants by Kenichiro SAKAGUCHI

“…However, there are numerous immature oocytes in follicles at earlier stages, which are potentially destined to degenerate in ovaries. The technology used to foster acquisition of maturational and developmental competences in these immature oocytes is called in vitro growth (IVG). …”
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