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JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS
卷 39, 期 4, 页码 783-792出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-022-02478-0
关键词
Aging; Ovary; Follicular dynamic; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Extracellular matrix; Matrisome; Inflammation; Immune cells; Macrophages
Ovarian age is the main cause of female reproductive infertility, leading to reduced fertility and irregular menstruation, and eventually menopause. Ovarian aging is a complex process involving factors such as mitochondria, oxidative stress, and immune cells. Understanding these processes is crucial for designing treatments to slow down ovarian aging and alleviate the side effects of menopause.
Ovarian age is classically considered the main cause of female reproductive infertility. In women, the process proceeds as an ongoing decline in the primordial follicle stockpile and it is associated with reduced fertility in the mid-thirties, irregular menstruation from the mid-forties, cessation of fertility, and, eventually, menopause in the early fifties. Reproductive aging is historically associated with changes in oocyte quantity and quality. However, besides the oocyte, other cellular as well as environmental factors have been the focus of more recent investigations suggesting that ovarian decay is a complex and multifaceted process. Among these factors, we will consider mitochondria and oxidative stress as related to nutrition, changes in extracellular matrix molecules, and the associated ovarian stromal compartment where immune cells of both the native and adaptive systems seem to play an important role. Understanding such processes is crucial to design treatment strategies to slow down ovarian aging and consequently prolong reproductive lifespan and, more to this, alleviaingt side effects of menopause on the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous systems.
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