Research funding. Politics and parthenotes.
Science. 2010 Oct 22;330(6003):453
Authors: Tingen C, Rodriguez S, Campo-Engelstein L, Woodruff TK
PMID: 20966235 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Zinc availability regulates exit from meiosis in maturing mammalian oocytes.
Nat Chem Biol. 2010 Sep;6(9):674-81
Authors: Kim AM, Vogt S, O'Halloran TV, Woodruff TK
Abstract Cellular metal ion fluxes are known in alkali and alkaline earth metals but are not well documented in transition metals. Here we describe major changes…
The Oncofertility Consortium--addressing fertility in young people with cancer.
Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2010 Aug;7(8):466-75
Authors: Woodruff TK
Abstract The number of young cancer survivors is increasing owing to advances in cancer therapeutics, but many face infertility as a result of their treatment. Technologies that already exist for cancer patients…
Current achievements and future research directions in ovarian tissue culture, in vitro follicle development and transplantation: implications for fertility preservation.
Hum Reprod Update. 2010 Jul-Aug;16(4):395-414
Authors: Smitz J, Dolmans MM, Donnez J, Fortune JE, Hovatta O, Jewgenow K, Picton HM, Plancha C, Shea LD, Stouffer RL, Telfer EE, Woodruff TK, Zelinski MB
Abstract
BACKGROUND Female cancer patients are offered…
Setting the course: leadership at the NICHD.
Biol Reprod. 2010 Jul;83(1):163-4
Authors: Woodruff TK
PMID: 20505167 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Sex and sensitivity: the continued need for sex-based biomedical research and implementation.
Womens Health (Lond Engl). 2010 Jul;6(4):511-6
Authors: Tingen CM, Kim AM, Wu PH, Woodruff TK
Abstract The phrase 'women's health research' embraces women as part of the biomedical research engine while categorizing women as separate. Before personalized medicine…
Sex bias in trials and treatment must end.
Nature. 2010 Jun 10;465(7299):688-9
Authors: Kim AM, Tingen CM, Woodruff TK
PMID: 20535184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Noninvasive index of cryorecovery and growth potential for human follicles in vitro.
Biol Reprod. 2010 Jun;82(6):1180-9
Authors: Barrett SL, Shea LD, Woodruff TK
Abstract Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos is commonly used to preserve fertility. However, women undergoing cancer treatment may not have the time or may not be good…
A novel two-step strategy for in vitro culture of early-stage ovarian follicles in the mouse.
Fertil Steril. 2010 May 15;93(8):2633-9
Authors: Jin SY, Lei L, Shikanov A, Shea LD, Woodruff TK
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To develop an in vitro strategy to support the growth of early-stage follicles and produce mature oocytes…
Markers of growth and development in primate primordial follicles are preserved after slow cryopreservation.
Fertil Steril. 2010 May 15;93(8):2627-32
Authors: Jin S, Lei L, Shea LD, Zelinski MB, Stouffer RL, Woodruff TK
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of slow cryopreservation on the morphology and function of primate primordial follicles…
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…
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]
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]
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]
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]
Gamete preservation.
Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:25-39
Authors: Barrett SL, Woodruff TK
PMID: 20811823 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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…