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lüll Understanding follicle growth in vivo Oktem O; Urman BHum Reprod 2010[Dec]; 25 (12): 2944-54Ovarian reserve is determined by the number of primordial follicles in the ovary. Quiescent primordial follicles are activated for growth and pass through stages of development before they reach the antral stage. Then a cohort of antral follicles is recruited for further growth, dominance and ovulation under the cyclic stimulation of gonadotrophins. What triggers the initiation of growth in primordial follicles has remained a mystery for decades. However, recent studies on mutant mouse models have shown that primordial follicles are maintained in a dormant state by the actions of various inhibitory molecules to preserve the follicle pool, such as the transcription factor Foxo3a, PTEN (phosphotase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10) and Tsc-1 (tumour suppressor tuberous schlerosis complex). Mice with deletions of these oocyte-specific genes exhibit premature activation of dormant primordial follicles, and all primordial follicles become depleted in early adulthood, causing premature ovarian failure. Other oocyte and somatic cell-derived growth factors are also involved in the early, gonadotrophin-independent phase of follicle growth via autocrine and paracrine interactions. Interestingly, some of these factors also play critical roles at later stages of follicle growth, such as the process of selecting the dominant follicle, by modifying the response of the follicles to gonadotrophins and inhibiting premature luteinization. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the molecular aspects of folliculogenesis is of paramount importance in the context of translational medicine and future clinical applications in human reproduction.|Animals[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Follicle Stimulating Hormone/physiology[MESH]|Forkhead Box Protein O3[MESH]|Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics[MESH]|Germ Cells/physiology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Mice[MESH]|Oocytes/physiology[MESH]|Oogonia/physiology[MESH]|Ovarian Follicle/*growth & development/physiology[MESH]|PTEN Phosphohydrolase/genetics[MESH] |