"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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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 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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Chowdhury I, Branch A, Mehrabi S, Ford BD, Thompson WE. Gonadotropin-Dependent Neuregulin-1 Signaling Regulates Female Rat Ovarian Granulosa Cell Survival. Endocrinology. 2017 10 01; 158(10):3647-3660.
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Zhu Y, Huang B, Li QX, Wang J. Organochlorine pesticides in follicular fluid of women undergoing assisted reproductive technologies from central China. Environ Pollut. 2015 Dec; 207:266-72.
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Zhang J, Li Y, Liu J, Liu De, Liu N, Chen X. [Effect of 7-day gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist protocol on IGF-II and IGFBP-4 levels in the follicular fluid]. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2009 Mar; 34(3):190-4.