The Ovary / edited by Peter C.K. Leung, Eli Y. Adashi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

President Emeritus Martin Meyerson Fund.

Leung, P. C. K., editor.

Adashi, E. Y., editor.

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ovaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (611 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

polychrome

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Academic Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I. The Ovarian Follicular Apparatus: Operational Characteristics ; 1. Follicle Selection in Mammalian Ovaries; 2. Regulation of follicle formation and development by ovarian signaling pathway; 3. Human Folliculogenesis Revisited: The Menstrual Cycle Visualized by Ultrasonography; 4. Development of the Mammalian Ovary and Follicles; 5. Organization of Ovarian Steroidogenic Cells and Cholesterol Metabolism; 6. Inhibin, Activin and Follistatin in Ovarian Physiology; 7. Cell-cell Interactions in the Ovarian Follicles: Role of TGF-beta Superfamily Members; 8. Mutations and Polymorphisms, and their Functional Consequences, in Gonadotropin and Gonadotropin Receptor Genes; 9. Environmentally Induced Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Ovarian Disease; Part II. Oocyte Maturation and Ovulation ; 10. Mammalian Oogenesis - the fragile foundation of the next generation; 11. Regulation of Mammalian Oocyte Maturation; 12.

Oocyte Meiotic Maturation; 13. Gene Expression During Oogenesis and Oocyte Development; Part III. The Corpus Luteum ; 15. Molecular Regulation of Progesterone Production in Corpus Luteum; 16. Corpus Luteum Formation; 17. Luteolysis and The Corpus Luteum of Pregnancy; Part IV. Novel Experimental Models ; 18. Transgenic Mouse Models in the Study of Ovarian Function; 19. Genome-Wide Association Studies of Ovarian Function Disorders; 20. Mitchondria Research in Human Reproduction; 21. The Role of Mitochondria in Reproductive Function and Assisted Reproduction; Part V. Human Ovarian Pathophysiology: Select Aspects ; 22. Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome; 23. The Role of GnRH Agonist Triggering in GnRH Antagonist-Based Ovarian Stimulation Protocols; 24. The Ovarian Factor in Assisted Reproductive Technology; 25. The Role of Antimullerian Hormone in Assisted Reproduction; 26. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; 27.

Genetic and Environmental Factors in the Aetiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; 28. Germ Cell Failure and Ovarian Resistance: Human Genes and Disorders; 29. Environmental Contaminants and Ovarian Toxicity; 30. Autologous Transplantation of Human Ovarian Tissue; 31. Oncofertility: Preservation of ovarian function after a cancer diagnosis; Part VI. Human Ovarian Cancer ; 32. Ovarian cancers: their varied origins and pathologically implicated microenvironment; 33. Phenotypic Plasticity and the Origins and Progression of Ovarian Cancer; 34. Novel Therapeutic Approaches and Targets for Ovarian Cancer; 35. Molecular and Cellular Basis of Chemoresistance in Ovarian Cancer

Regulation of Oocyte Activation by the PI3K/AKT PathwayContribution of mTOR Signaling to Primordial Follicle Activation; Oocyte-Specific Transcriptional Networks That Promote Primordial Follicle Activation; Granulosa Cell Differentiation During the Primordial to Primary Follicle Transition; Cellular Signaling During Preantral Follicular Development; TGF-β Family Signal Transduction in the Ovary; Control of Follicular Growth by Oocyte-Secreted GDF9 and BMP15; Regulation of Granulosa Cell Proliferation by Granulosa Cell-Derived TGF-βFamily Ligands

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 19, 2018).

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the President Emeritus Martin Meyerson Fund.

ISBN:

9780128132104

0128132108

9780128132098

0128132094

Publisher Number:

99978395921

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.