Peri-ovarian adipose tissue contributes to intraovarian control during folliculogenesis in mice

• Published in: Reproduction (Cambridge, England) Vol. 156; no. 2; pp. 133 - 144
• Main Authors: Yang, Liuhong, Chen, Lei, Lu, Xiaosheng, Tan, Anni, Chen, Yao, Li, Yalan, Peng, Xuemei, Yuan, Shaochun, Cai, Dongqing, Yu, Yanhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Bioscientifica Ltd 01.08.2018

Peri-ovarian adipose tissue (POAT) is a kind of intra-abdominal white adipose tissue that is present surrounding the ovaries in rodents. Recent studies demonstrated that POAT-deficient mice displayed a phenotype of delayed antral follicular development, for which decreases in serum estrogen, serum F...