Can mammalian mothers influence the sex of their offspring peri-conceptually?

VJ Grant, LW Chamley - Reproduction, 2010 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Fertility preservation is an important type of frontier scientific research in the field of
reproductive health. The culture of ovarian cortices to i) initiate primordial follicle growth and …

Cellular and molecular regulation of the activation of mammalian primordial follicles: somatic cells initiate follicle activation in adulthood

H Zhang, K Liu - Human reproduction update, 2015 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND The first small follicles to appear in the mammalian ovaries are primordial
follicles. The initial pool of primordial follicles serves as the source of developing follicles …

Implications of nonphysiological ovarian primordial follicle activation for fertility preservation

J Grosbois, M Devos, I Demeestere - Endocrine reviews, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, ovarian tissue cryopreservation has rapidly developed as a successful
method for preserving the fertility of girls and young women with cancer or benign conditions …

Regulation of primordial follicle assembly and development

MK Skinner - Human reproduction update, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The assembly of the primordial follicles early in ovarian development and the subsequent
development and transition of the primordial follicle to the primary follicle are critical …

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

JE Hornick, FE Duncan, LD Shea… - Human …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND In vitro follicle growth is a promising fertility preservation strategy in which
ovarian follicles are cultured to produce mature and fertilization-competent oocytes …

Basic fibroblast growth factor induces primordial follicle development and initiates folliculogenesis

E Nilsson, JA Parrott, MK Skinner - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2001 - Elsevier
The recruitment of primordial follicles to initiate folliculogenesis determines the population of
developing follicles available for ovulation and directly regulates female reproductive …

Primate follicular development and oocyte maturation in vitro

J Xu, M Xu, MP Bernuci, TE Fisher, LD Shea… - Oocyte Biology in …, 2013 - Springer
The factors and processes involved in primate follicular development are complex and not
fully understood. An encapsulated three-dimensional (3D) follicle culture system could be a …

In vivo and in vitro activation of dormant primordial follicles by EGF treatment in mouse and human

J Zhang, L Yan, Y Wang, S Zhang, X Xu… - Clinical and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the mammalian ovaries, dormant primordial follicles represent the reproductive reserve of
individual females. Recently, stimulating the activation of primordial follicles in vitro has …

The interactions between the stimulatory effect of follicle-stimulating hormone and the inhibitory effect of estrogen on mouse primordial folliculogenesis

L Lei, S Jin, KE Mayo, TK Woodruff - Biology of reproduction, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The murine primordial follicle pool develops largely within 3 days after birth through
germline nest breakdown and enclosure of oocytes within pregranulosa cells. The …

Stage‐specific germ‐somatic cell interaction directs the primordial folliculogenesis in mouse fetal ovaries

L Lei, H Zhang, S Jin, F Wang, M Fu… - Journal of Cellular …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanism regulating primordial follicle formation remains largely unexplored because
of the developmental particularity of female germ cells and their ultimate functional structure …