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Ovarian monocyte progenitor cells: phenotypic and functional characterization.
Stem cells and development - 1 Apr 2005
Pascual Cherry J, Sanberg Paul R, Chamizo Wilfredo, Haraguchi Soichi, Lerner Danika, Baldwin Margi, El-Badri Nagwa S
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Leukocytes of the macrophage lineage are abundant in the ovarian tissues and have an important function in both follicular development and regression of postovulatory follicles. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that continuous production of macrophages in the ovarian stroma is maintained by a resident population of progenitors. We established a long-term culture of ovarian follicular stromal cells from...
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