"Follicular Fluid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The fluid surrounding the OVUM and GRANULOSA CELLS in the Graafian follicle (OVARIAN FOLLICLE). The follicular fluid contains sex steroids, glycoprotein hormones, plasma proteins, mucopolysaccharides, and enzymes.
| Descriptor ID |
D015571
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.319.114.630.535.150 A06.407.312.497.535.150 A12.207.270.340
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| Concept/Terms |
Follicular Fluid- Follicular Fluid
- Fluid, Follicular
- Follicular Fluids
- Antral Fluid, Ovarian Follicle
- Liquor Folliculi
- Folliculi, Liquor
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Follicular Fluid" by people in Profiles.
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Serum and follicular fluid monocyte chemotactic protein-1 levels are elevated in obese women and are associated with poorer clinical pregnancy rate after in vitro fertilization: a pilot study. Fertil Steril. 2017 03; 107(3):632-640.e3.
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Dynamic secretion during meiotic reentry integrates the function of the oocyte and cumulus cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 01; 113(9):2424-9.
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Regulation of oocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number by follicular fluid, EGF, and neuregulin 1 during in vitro maturation affects embryo development in pigs. Theriogenology. 2012 Sep 01; 78(4):887-97.
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Amphiregulin promotes the maturation of oocytes isolated from the small antral follicles of the rhesus macaque. Hum Reprod. 2012 Aug; 27(8):2430-7.
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Human oocyte maturation is dependent on LH-stimulated accumulation of the epidermal growth factor-like growth factor, amphiregulin. Hum Reprod. 2010 Oct; 25(10):2569-78.
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Follicular fluid steroid hormone levels are associated with fertilization outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Fertil Steril. 2010 Aug; 94(3):952-7.
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The effect of follicular fluid hormones on oocyte recovery after ovarian stimulation: FSH level predicts oocyte recovery. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2009 Apr 23; 7:35.
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Epidermal growth factor-like growth factors in the follicular fluid: role in oocyte development and maturation. Semin Reprod Med. 2009 Jan; 27(1):52-61.
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Lack of species-specificity in mammalian sperm chemotaxis. Dev Biol. 2003 Mar 15; 255(2):423-7.
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Human sperm chemotaxis: is progesterone a chemoattractant? Biol Reprod. 1999 Jun; 60(6):1314-9.