For the first time, small embryonic-like stem cells were confirmed in the ovarian surface epithelium of adult ovaries in women with no naturally present follicles or oocytes. These cells expressed some of the markers characteristic for pluripotent stem cells and developed into oocyte-like cells at appropriate lab condition.
COBISS.SI-ID: 24354265
The presence of small, embryonic-like stem cells were experimentally confirmed in the ovarian surface epithelium of women with no naturally present follicles or oocytes. These cells expressed some of the markers characteristic for pluripotent stem cells and developed into oocyte-like cells at appropriate lab condition. For the first time, it was confirmed that these cells spontaneously developed into parthenogenetic blastocyst-like structures in vitro.
COBISS.SI-ID: 714875
In this short scientific report we published some of our experimental results and new insights into the physiology of adult human ovaries with emphasis on the potential pluripotent stem cells in the ovaries of postmenopausal women and their potential role in the manifestation of aggressive ovarian tumors in older women.
COBISS.SI-ID: 26974937
Original experimental evidence of embryonic-like stem cells in the surface epithelium of adult human ovaries were published also in the relevant Slovenian scientific literature.
COBISS.SI-ID: 23478745
In the journal Histology & Histopathology, a review article is accepted, based on recent scientific findings in the field of research of stem cells in adult mammalian ovaries. In original way, this article provides the most recent findings in this field and compares them with our own findings.