"Oocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM).
| Descriptor ID |
D009865
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.490.690.680 A11.497.497.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Oocytes- Oocytes
- Oocyte
- Ovocytes
- Ovocyte
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oocytes" by people in Profiles.
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Insurance coverage for planned oocyte cryopreservation and infertility across US Medical, Law, and Master of Business Administration schools. Fertil Steril. 2023 08; 120(2):384-385.
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Voltage-gated proton channels exist in the plasma membrane of human oocytes. Hum Reprod. 2019 10 02; 34(10):1974-1983.
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Timing of breast cancer treatments with oocyte retrieval and embryo cryopreservation. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Nov; 209(5):603-7.
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Egg retrieval with cryopreservation does not delay breast cancer treatment. Am J Surg. 2007 Oct; 194(4):477-81.
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Oocyte maturation in rabbits: effects of calmodulin inhibitors. Zygote. 1997 Aug; 5(3):255-60.
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High progesterone/estradiol ratio in follicular fluid at oocyte aspiration for in vitro fertilization as a predictor of possible pregnancy. Fertil Steril. 1988 Jun; 49(6):1007-11.