Sex determination, gonadal sex differentiation, and plasticity in vertebrate species

Y Nagahama, T Chakraborty… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
A diverse array of sex determination (SD) mechanisms, encompassing environmental to
genetic, have been found to exist among vertebrates, covering a spectrum from fixed SD …

Current understanding of the etiology, symptomatology, and treatment options in premature ovarian insufficiency (POI)

B Ishizuka - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) occurs in at least 1% of all women and causes life-
long health problems and psychological stress. Infertility caused by POI used to be …

Caring for individuals with a difference of sex development (DSD): a consensus statement

M Cools, A Nordenström, R Robeva, J Hall… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The term differences of sex development (DSDs; also known as disorders of sex
development) refers to a heterogeneous group of congenital conditions affecting human sex …

Genetics of primary ovarian insufficiency: new developments and opportunities

Y Qin, X Jiao, JL Simpson… - Human reproduction …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is characterized by marked
heterogeneity, but with a significant genetic contribution. Identifying exact causative genes …

Anti-Müllerian hormone in female reproduction

N Di Clemente, C Racine, A Pierre, J Taieb - Endocrine reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), also called Müllerian inhibiting substance, was shown to be
synthesized by the ovary in the 1980s. This article reviews the main findings of the past 20 …

The disparate origins of ovarian cancers: pathogenesis and prevention strategies

AN Karnezis, KR Cho, CB Gilks, CL Pearce… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Ovarian cancer is the fifth cause of cancer-related death in women and comprises a
histologically and genetically broad range of tumours, including those of epithelial, sex cord …

Primary ovarian insufficiency

M De Vos, P Devroey, BCJM Fauser - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Primary ovarian insufficiency is a subclass of ovarian dysfunction in which the cause is
within the ovary. In most cases, an unknown mechanism leads to premature exhaustion of …

A forkhead-domain gene is mutated in a severe speech and language disorder

CSL Lai, SE Fisher, JA Hurst, F Vargha-Khadem… - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Individuals affected with developmental disorders of speech and language have substantial
difficulty acquiring expressive and/or receptive language in the absence of any profound …

The mammalian ovary from genesis to revelation

MA Edson, AK Nagaraja, MM Matzuk - Endocrine reviews, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Two major functions of the mammalian ovary are the production of germ cells (oocytes),
which allow continuation of the species, and the generation of bioactive molecules, primarily …

The variability of female reproductive ageing

ER Te Velde, PL Pearson - Human reproduction update, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The delay in childbearing is an important societal change contributing to an increasing
incidence of subfertility. The prevailing concept of female reproductive ageing assumes that …