Ovarian folliculogenesis

N Rimon-Dahari, L Yerushalmi-Heinemann… - … mechanisms of cell …, 2016 - Springer
The ovary, the female gonad, serves as the source for the germ cells as well as the major
supplier of steroid sex hormones. During embryonic development, the primordial germ cells …

Multicellular spheroids: a three‐dimensional in vitro culture system to study tumour biology

LA KUNZ‐SCHUGHART, M Kreutz… - International journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The growth of tumour cells as three‐dimensional multicellular spheroids in vitro has led to
important insights in tumour biology, since properties of the in vivo‐tumour such as …

Microenvironmental influence on macrophage regulation of angiogenesis in wounds and malignant tumors

M Crowther, NJ Brown, ET Bishop… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Angiogenesis is the development of blood vessels from an existing vasculature. This
process is fundamental to both physiological wound healing and the growth of malignant …

Angiogenesis in the corpus luteum

LP Reynolds, AT Grazul-Bilska, DA Redmer - Endocrine, 2000 - Springer
The ovarian corpus luteum plays a critical role in reproduction because it is the primary
source of circulating progesterone. After ovulation, as the corpus luteum forms from the wall …

Causes and effects of heterogeneous perfusion in tumors

RJ Gillies, PA Schomack, TW Secomb, N Raghunand - Neoplasia, 1999 - Elsevier
A characteristic of solid tumors is their heterogeneous distribution of blood flow, with
significant hypoxia and acidity in low-flow regions. We review effects of heterogeneous …

Conditional Loss of Uterine Pten Unfailingly and Rapidly Induces Endometrial Cancer in Mice

T Daikoku, Y Hirota, S Tranguch, AR Joshi, FJ DeMayo… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
Etiology of endometrial cancer (EMC) is not fully understood. Animal models with rapidly
and spontaneously developing EMC will help explore mechanisms of cancer initiation and …

Tumor biology and experimental therapeutics

W Mueller-Klieser - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2000 - Elsevier
Recent research using multicellular tumor spheroids has resulted in new insights in the
regulation of invasion and metastasis, angiogenesis and cell cycle kinetics. The onset and …

Methods of making conditioned cell culture medium compositions

GK Naughton, JN Mansbridge, RE Pinney - US Patent 6,372,494, 2002 - Google Patents
Novel products comprising conditioned cell culture medium compositions and methods of
use are described. The con ditioned cell medium compositions of the invention may be …

Prevention of thecal angiogenesis, antral follicular growth, and ovulation in the primate by treatment with vascular endothelial growth factor Trap R1R2

C Wulff, H Wilson, SJ Wiegand, JS Rudge… - …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
This study was designed to investigate the effects of inhibition of thecal angiogenesis on
follicular development in the marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus). To inhibit vascular …

HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Hypoxia and ovarian function: follicle development, ovulation, oocyte maturation

M Lim, JG Thompson, KR Dunning - Reproduction, 2021 - rep.bioscientifica.com
The ovarian follicle provides the oocyte with the ideal environment for growth and
development in preparation for ovulation and fertilisation. The follicle undergoes many …