2024
Classification of Human Ovarian Follicle Morphology: Recommendations of the NICHD-Sponsored Ovarian Nomenclature Workshop
Yano Maher J, Zelinski M, Oktay K, Duncan F, Segars J, Lujan M, Lou H, Yun B, Hanfling S, Schwartz L, Laronda M, Halvorson L, O'Neill K, Gomez-Lobo V. Classification of Human Ovarian Follicle Morphology: Recommendations of the NICHD-Sponsored Ovarian Nomenclature Workshop. Fertility And Sterility 2024 PMID: 39549739, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.11.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreantral folliclesAntral folliclesWorking subgroupEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child HealthNormal antral folliclesAntral follicle stageNational Institute of Child HealthInstitute of Child HealthPre-ovulatory folliclesPreantral stageAbnormal oocytesFollicle stageGranulosa cellsCorpora luteaFolliclesFollicle typesHuman fertilitySubgroupsFollicle densityAssessed changesCliniciansChild healthNICHDGranulosaOvarian
2002
Activin responsive PAI-1 promoter activity in granulosa cells is dependent on attachment to extracellular matrix
Oktay K, Akman O, Buyuk E, Rosenwaks Z, Giancotti F. Activin responsive PAI-1 promoter activity in granulosa cells is dependent on attachment to extracellular matrix. Fertility And Sterility 2002, 78: s221-s222. DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(02)04051-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPAI-1 promoter activityGranulosa cells
1997
Ontogeny of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Gene Expression in Isolated Human Ovarian Follicles1
Oktay K, Briggs D, Gosden R. Ontogeny of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Gene Expression in Isolated Human Ovarian Follicles1. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1997, 82: 3748-3751. PMID: 9360535, DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.11.4346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMessenger ribonucleic acidPrimordial folliclesFollicle stageElective cesarean sectionHuman ovarian folliclesPreantral follicle developmentFSH receptor geneHormone receptor gene expressionReceptor gene expressionFollicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene expressionCesarean sectionRectus muscleHuman ovaryAntral folliclesFollicular growthFSH expressionHuman folliculogenesisOvarian folliclesOvarian tissueGranulosa cellsMultilaminar folliclesStromal tissueSingle follicleFollicle developmentFollicles
1995
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Marks the Initiation of Follicular Growth in the Rat1
Oktay K, Schenken R, Nelson J. Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Marks the Initiation of Follicular Growth in the Rat1. Biology Of Reproduction 1995, 53: 295-301. PMID: 7492681, DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod53.2.295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPCNA expressionPrimary folliclesFollicle growthCell nuclear antigenAntral folliclesFollicular growthPCNA immunoreactivityGranulosa cellsNuclear antigenEarly primary folliclesGranulosa cell layerTransitional folliclesControl ratsAdult ratsPrimordial folliclesSensitive markerPCNA stainingAtretic folliclesRat ovaryOocyte enlargementProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenEarly signsFolliclesParaffin sectionsPregranulosa cells