| Literature DB >> 838624 |
A G Byskov, N E Skakkebaek, G Stafanger, H Peters.
Abstract
Early follicle development has been studied in mouse ovaries grafted to immunologically incompetent hosts. Early follicular formation and growth is apparently dependent on the presence of the rete ovarii: the surface epithelium does not seem to play a decisive role. This was shown in transplantation studies of fetal gonads which had been divided into parts with and without the rete ovarii. None of the rete-depleted ovaries exhibited normal follicular differentiation regardless of the presence or absence of the surface epithelium, whereas follicles developed normally in all the implants containing the rete system.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 838624 PMCID: PMC1234254
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Anat ISSN: 0021-8782 Impact factor: 2.610