2016
Direct vitamin D3 actions on rhesus macaque follicles in three-dimensional culture: assessment of follicle survival, growth, steroid, and antimüllerian hormone production
Xu J, Hennebold JD, Seifer DB. Direct vitamin D3 actions on rhesus macaque follicles in three-dimensional culture: assessment of follicle survival, growth, steroid, and antimüllerian hormone production. Fertility And Sterility 2016, 106: 1815-1820.e1. PMID: 27678030, PMCID: PMC5136302, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.08.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVitamin D3Follicle survivalPreantral follicle survivalAntral folliclesWeek 5High-dose vitamin D3Direct actionAntimüllerian hormone concentrationsAntral follicle diameterPrimate follicular developmentVitamin D3 actionAntral follicle growthDihydroxy vitamin D3Rhesus monkey ovariesSecondary preantral folliclesFemale rhesus macaquesMacaque folliclesPrimate follicleD3 actionAMH concentrationsNational Primate Research CenterAMH productionPrimate Research CenterFollicle diameterMAIN OUTCOME
2014
Vitamin D Normalizes Abnormally Elevated Serum Antimüllerian Hormone Levels Usually Noted in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Irani M, Seifer D, Minkoff H, Merhi Z. Vitamin D Normalizes Abnormally Elevated Serum Antimüllerian Hormone Levels Usually Noted in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2014, 123: 189s. DOI: 10.1097/01.aog.0000447216.52829.8e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolycystic ovary syndromeVitamin D3 supplementationAntimüllerian hormone concentrationsVitamin D deficiencyD3 supplementationAntimüllerian hormoneD deficiencyHormone concentrationsControl groupVitamin D3 therapyHormone serum levelsNon-PCOS womenSerum of womenAntimüllerian hormone levelsWeeks of supplementationOvulatory dysfunctionD3 therapyDeficient womenOvary syndromeSerum levelsVitamin DMetabolic disturbancesHormone levelsVitamin D3Follicular health