Ovarian reserve depends on the number of primordial follicles in the ovarian cortex. It was suggested that determining the follicular density directly by obtaining ovarian biopsy might be more accurate than current indirect biochemical and ultrasonic tests, especially for women in the later stage of their reproductive life. It might also be important and beneficial for young patients having che...

background ovarian cancer is the most common fatal gynecologic malignancy in women. the brca2 gene has a role in regulation of cell cycle during proliferation, differentiation and dna repair. changes in the methylation of brca2 may be an effective mechanism for ovarian cancer. objectives the aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between ovarian cancer and methylation status o...

Patients diagnosed with high grade serous ovarian adenocarcinoma have a poor prognosis. Recently human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has been detected in several tumors. Here, we evaluated HCMV in ovarian cancer tissue specimens obtained at pre- and postchemotherapy tumor resection.Available paraffin embedded ovarian cancer tissues from matched pre- and postchemotherapy tumor resection specimens (i.e....

STUDY QUESTION Is sucrose more effective than trehalose in human ovarian tissue cryopreservation? SUMMARY ANSWER The effect of sucrose as a cryoprotective agent (CPA) was not significantly different from that of trehalose in human ovarian tissue cryopreservation. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Sugars have the ability to keep the cell membrane intact and can decrease the toxicity of CPAs. Sucrose is ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the predictive accuracy of the combined panels of serum human tissue kallikreins (hKs) and CA-125 for the detection of epithelial ovarian cancer. METHODS Serum specimens collected from 5 Indonesian centers and 1 Vietnamese center were analyzed for CA-125, hK6, and hK10 levels. A total of 375 specimens from patients presenting with ovarian tumors, which include 156 benig...

BACKGROUND The lifesaving treatment endured by cancer patients leads, in many women, to early menopause and subsequent infertility. In clinical situations for which chemotherapy needs to be started, ovarian tissue cryopreservation looks to be a promising option to restore fertility. In 1997, biopsy samples of ovarian cortex were taken from a woman with stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma and cryopreser...

Reovirus selectively replicates in and destroys cancer cells with an activated Ras signaling pathway. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of using reovirus (serotype 3, strain Dearing) as an antihuman colon and ovarian cancer agent. In in vitro studies, reovirus infection in human colon and ovarian cell lines was assessed by cytopathic effect as detected by light microscopy, [(35)S]Meth...

reproduction in domestic animals, as a major source of food and other products for human, has greatimportance and study of related subjects including sex differentiation and gonadogenesis during fetal life can solve many questions on normal development and various disorders of urogenital system. since studies on sex differentiation in goat fetus are scarce, this study was performed. twenty-five...

We have earlier demonstrated that breast cancer and small-cell lung cancer express functional NMDA receptors that can be targeted to promote cancer cell death. Human ovarian cancer tissues and human ovarian cancer cell lines (SKOV3, A2008, and A2780) have now been shown to also express NMDA-receptor subunit 1 (GluN1) and subunit 2B (GluN2B). Seventeen ovarian cancers in two arrays were screened...

Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-like cells have been isolated from various types of tumor. It has previously been reported that MSCs are involved in tumorigenesis and its prognosis. The aim of the present study was to isolate and compare MSC-like cells from human gastric cancer (GC) and its metastatic deposits in ovarian tissue. MSC-like cells were isolated from human gastric cancer (hGC-MSCs) and ...