Yding Andersen

Abstract Background: The luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) plays a pivotal role in regulating human follicular development and steroidogenesis through temporal and cell-specific expression on theca (TCs) and granulosa cells (GCs). Although LH-like activity (i.e., LH and/or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)) has long been incorporated into ovarian stimulation (OS) regimens, its precise physiological role in human folliculogenesis remains poorly defined.

What is the temporal activity and the concentration in follicular fluid (FF) of the anti-inflammatory steroid cortisol during the ovulatory process in humans? Ovulation has been described as a local, controlled inflammatory process resulting in the degeneration of the follicle wall which facilitate oocyte extrusion.

Fertility restoration using autologous testicular tissue transplantation is relevant for infertile men surviving from childhood cancer and, possibly, in men with absent or incomplete spermatogenesis resulting in the lack of spermatozoa in the ejaculate (non-obstructive azoospermia, NOA). Currently, testicular tissue from pre-pubertal boys extracted before treatment with gonadotoxic cancer therapy can be cryopreserved with good survival of spermatogonial stem cells.