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Follicle Depletion Provides a Permissive Environment for Ovarian Carcinogenesis.
Molecular and cellular biology - 15 Sept 2016
Wang Ying, Cai Kathy Qi, Smith Elizabeth R, Yeasky Toni M, Moore Robert, Ganjei-Azar Parvin, Klein-Szanto Andres J, Godwin Andrew K, Hamilton Thomas C, Xu Xiang-Xi
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We modeled the etiology of postmenopausal biology on ovarian cancer risk using germ cell-deficient white-spotting variant (Wv) mice, incorporating oncogenic mutations. Ovarian cancer incidence is highest in peri- and postmenopausal women, and epidemiological studies have established the impact of reproductive factors on ovarian cancer risk. Menopause as a result of ovarian follicle depletion is thought to...
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