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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Morphological classification of bovine ovarian follicles |
Author: | Rodgers, R. Irving-Rodgers, H. |
Citation: | Reproduction, 2010; 139(2):309-318 |
Publisher: | Bio Scientifica Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 1470-1626 1741-7899 |
Statement of Responsibility: | R. J. Rodgers and H. F. Irving-Rodgers |
Abstract: | Follicle classification is an important aid to the understanding of follicular development and atresia. Some bovine primordial follicles have the classical primordial shape, but ellipsoidal shaped follicles with some cuboidal granulosa cells at the poles are far more common. Preantral follicles have one of two basal lamina phenotypes, either a single aligned layer or one with additional layers. In antral follicles <5 mm diameter, half of the healthy follicles have columnar shaped basal granulosa cells and additional layers of basal lamina, which appear as loops in cross section (‘loopy’). The remainder have aligned single-layered follicular basal laminas with rounded basal cells, and contain better quality oocytes than the loopy/columnar follicles. In sizes >5 mm, only aligned/rounded phenotypes are present. Dominant and subordinate follicles can be identified by ultrasound and/or histological examination of pairs of ovaries. Atretic follicles <5 mm are either basal atretic or antral atretic, named on the basis of the location in the membrana granulosa where cells die first. Basal atretic follicles have considerable biological differences to antral atretic follicles. In follicles >5 mm, only antral atresia is observed. The concentrations of follicular fluid steroid hormones can be used to classify atresia and distinguish some of the different types of atresia; however, this method is unlikely to identify follicles early in atresia, and hence misclassify them as healthy. Other biochemical and histological methods can be used, but since cell death is a part of normal homoeostatis, deciding when a follicle has entered atresia remains somewhat subjective. |
Keywords: | Ovarian Follicle Follicular Fluid Granulosa Cells Basement Membrane Animals Cattle Gonadal Steroid Hormones Cytological Techniques Cell Death Aging Homeostasis Follicular Atresia Phenotype Female Terminology as Topic |
Description: | Copyright © 2010 Society for Reproduction and Fertility |
DOI: | 10.1530/REP-09-0177 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep-09-0177 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
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