During the last 2 decades, research on in vitro preantral follicle growth and oocyte
maturation has delivered fascinating advances concerning the knowledge of processes …

Within the past decades, major progress has been accomplished in isolating
germ/stem/pluripotent cells, in refining culture medium and conditions and in establishing 3 …

The in vitro follicle culture (IVFC) represents an outstanding tool to enhance our
understanding of the control of folliculogenesis and to allow the future use of a large number …

Current assisted reproduction technologies (ART) are insufficient to cover the slice of the
population needing to restore fertility, as well as to amplify the reproductive performance of …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of growth hormone (GH) and vascular
endothelial growth factor (VEGF) added alone, sequentially or in combination, in the …

The present study aimed to investigate a concentration-response curve of human
recombinant FSH (hrFSH) for in vitro culture of isolated preantral and early antral follicles of …

Contents This study aimed to establish a culture system that improves the in vitro
development of caprine preantral follicles. In a first experiment, follicles were encapsulated …

Autoimmune diseases occur when the body's natural defense system fails to differentiate its
own cells from the foreign cells and mistakenly attacks the healthy cells. Among the …

The use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) still requires strategies through which
to maximize individual fertility chances. In vitro folliculogenesis (iv F) may represent a valid …

Ex vivo two-cell mouse embryos deprived of glucose in vitro can develop to blastocysts by
increasing their pyruvate consumption; however, zygotes when glucose-deprived cannot …