Using decision trees to enhance interdisciplinary team work: the case of oncofertility.
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2010 May;27(5):227-31
Authors: Gardino SL, Jeruss JS, Woodruff TK
Abstract PURPOSE: Oncofertility, an emerging discipline at the intersection of cancer and fertility, strives to give cancer patients options when they are confronting potential infertility…
Altered sex hormone concentrations and gonadal mRNA expression levels of activin signaling factors in hatchling alligators from a contaminated Florida lake.
J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol. 2010 Apr 1;313(4):218-30
Authors: Moore BC, Kohno S, Cook RW, Alvers AL, Hamlin HJ, Woodruff TK, Guillette LJ
Abstract Activins and estrogens…
The Illinois Women's Health Registry: advancing women's health research and education in Illinois, USA.
Womens Health (Lond Engl). 2010 Mar;6(2):183-96
Authors: Bristol-Gould S, Desjardins M, Woodruff TK
Abstract To achieve the goal of personalized medicine, we must first improve our understanding of the differences in health and illness between men…
The regulatory role of Dicer in folliculogenesis in mice.
Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2010 Feb 5;315(1-2):63-73
Authors: Lei L, Jin S, Gonzalez G, Behringer RR, Woodruff TK
Abstract Dicer is the ribonuclease III for synthesis of mature functional microRNAs (miRNAs), which play an important role in regulating cell development. In the…
The interactions between the stimulatory effect of follicle-stimulating hormone and the inhibitory effect of estrogen on mouse primordial folliculogenesis.
Biol Reprod. 2010 Jan;82(1):13-22
Authors: Lei L, Jin S, Mayo KE, Woodruff TK
Abstract The murine primordial follicle pool develops largely within 3 days after birth through germline nest breakdown and…
Phylogenomic analyses reveal the evolutionary origin of the inhibin alpha-subunit, a unique TGFbeta superfamily antagonist.
PLoS One. 2010;5(3):e9457
Authors: Zhu J, Braun EL, Kohno S, Antenos M, Xu EY, Cook RW, Lin SJ, Moore BC, Guillette LJ, Jardetzky TS, Woodruff TK
Abstract Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) homologues form a diverse…
The oncofertility saturday academy: a paradigm to expand the educational opportunities and ambitions of high school girls.
Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:321-44
Authors: Faurot M, Woodruff TK
PMID: 20811845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Oncofertility: ethical, legal, social, and medical perspectives. Preface.
Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:v-vii
Authors: Woodruff TK, Zoloth L, Campo-Engelstein L, Rodriguez S
PMID: 21213472 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Adoption after cancer: adoption agency attitudes and perspectives on the potential to parent post-cancer.
Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:153-70
Authors: Gardino SL, Russell AE, Woodruff TK
PMID: 20811831 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Gamete preservation.
Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:25-39
Authors: Barrett SL, Woodruff TK
PMID: 20811823 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Designing follicle-environment interactions with biomaterials.
Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:11-24
Authors: Smith RM, Woodruff TK, Shea LD
PMID: 20811822 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
To transplant or not to transplant - that is the question.
Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:41-54
Authors: Silber SJ, Woodruff TK, Shea LD
PMID: 20811824 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Medical hope, legal pitfalls: potential legal issues in the emerging field of oncofertility.
Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:111-34
Authors: Dolin G, Roberts DE, Rodriguez LM, Woodruff TK
PMID: 20811829 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
The primordial pool of follicles and nest breakdown in mammalian ovaries.
Mol Hum Reprod. 2009 Dec;15(12):795-803
Authors: Tingen C, Kim A, Woodruff TK
Abstract The creation of the pool of follicles available for selection and ovulation is a multi-faceted, tightly regulated process that spans the period from embryonic development through…
Characterization of the ovarian and reproductive abnormalities in prepubertal and adult estrogen non-responsive estrogen receptor alpha knock-in (ENERKI) mice.
Steroids. 2009 Nov;74(12):913-9
Authors: Sinkevicius KW, Woloszyn K, Laine M, Jackson KS, Greene GL, Woodruff TK, Burdette JE
Abstract Estrogen non-responsive estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) knock-in (ENERKI) mice have a mutation…
Rock the cradle.
Nat Med. 2009 Nov;15(11):1244
Authors: Woodruff TK
PMID: 19893551 [PubMed - in process]
Preserving fertility during cancer treatment.
Nat Med. 2009 Oct;15(10):1124-5
Authors: Woodruff TK
PMID: 19812566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
In vitro grown human ovarian follicles from cancer patients support oocyte growth.
Hum Reprod. 2009 Oct;24(10):2531-40
Authors: Xu M, Barrett SL, West-Farrell E, Kondapalli LA, Kiesewetter SE, Shea LD, Woodruff TK
Abstract BACKGROUND: Young female adult and adolescent cancer patients facing life-preserving but fertility-threatening chemo- or radiation-therapy are increasingly seeking…
Interpenetrating fibrin-alginate matrices for in vitro ovarian follicle development.
Biomaterials. 2009 Oct;30(29):5476-85
Authors: Shikanov A, Xu M, Woodruff TK, Shea LD
Abstract In this report, we investigate the fibrin-alginate interpenetrating network (FA-IPN) to provide dynamic cell-responsive mechanical properties, which we apply to the in vitro growth of ovarian follicles. The…
Encapsulated three-dimensional culture supports development of nonhuman primate secondary follicles.
Encapsulated three-dimensional culture supports development of nonhuman primate secondary follicles.
Biol Reprod. 2009 Sep;81(3):587-94
Authors: Xu M, West-Farrell ER, Stouffer RL, Shea LD, Woodruff TK, Zelinski MB
Abstract In vitro ovarian follicle cultures may provide fertility-preserving options to women facing premature infertility due to cancer therapies. An encapsulated three-dimensional (3-D)…
Preserving female fertility following cancer treatment: current options and future possibilities.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Aug;53(2):289-95
Authors: West ER, Zelinski MB, Kondapalli LA, Gracia C, Chang J, Coutifaris C, Critser J, Stouffer RL, Shea LD, Woodruff TK
Abstract Children and women of reproductive age are increasingly surviving cancer diagnoses, and…
Prepubertal primordial follicle loss in mice is not due to classical apoptotic pathways.
Biol Reprod. 2009 Jul;81(1):16-25
Authors: Tingen CM, Bristol-Gould SK, Kiesewetter SE, Wellington JT, Shea L, Woodruff TK
Abstract More than half of the primordial follicles that are formed by Day 6 of postnatal life in the mouse…
Secondary follicle growth and oocyte maturation by culture in alginate hydrogel following cryopreservation of the ovary or individual follicles.
Biotechnol Bioeng. 2009 Jun 1;103(2):378-86
Authors: Xu M, Banc A, Woodruff TK, Shea LD
Abstract An option for fertility preservation for women facing a cancer diagnosis involves the cryopreservation of ovarian…
Regulation of Wilms' tumor gene expression by nerve growth factor and follicle-stimulating hormone in the immature mouse ovary.
Fertil Steril. 2009 Apr;91(4 Suppl):1451-4
Authors: Roh J, Bae J, Lee K, Mayo K, Shea L, Woodruff TK
Abstract This study investigated the regulation of Wilms' tumor gene (WT1) in the ovary…