Oocytes

"Oocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM).

Descriptor ID	D009865
MeSH Number(s)	A05.360.490.690.680 A11.497.497.600
Concept/Terms	Oocytes Oocytes Oocyte Ovocytes Ovocyte

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Anatomy [A]
Urogenital System [A05]
Genitalia [A05.360]
Germ Cells [A05.360.490]
Ovum [A05.360.490.690]
Oocytes [A05.360.490.690.680]
Cells [A11]
Germ Cells [A11.497]
Ovum [A11.497.497]
Oocytes [A11.497.497.600]

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Oocytes
Polar Bodies

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Bar chart showing 171 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2006 and 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	1	3
1996	2	2	4
1997	4	3	7
1998	2	2	4
1999	2	3	5
2000	3	3	6
2001	3	5	8
2002	6	2	8
2003	4	3	7
2004	4	3	7
2005	5	4	9
2006	6	6	12
2007	0	5	5
2008	3	5	8
2009	3	6	9
2010	3	0	3
2011	5	1	6
2012	6	6	12
2013	5	3	8
2014	2	2	4
2015	4	2	6
2016	1	2	3
2017	2	1	3
2018	2	1	3
2019	5	1	6
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	1	2
2022	2	4	6
2023	1	1	2
2024	2	0	2
2025	1	0	1

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Lopes EM, Akizawa H, Koc OC, Soto-Moreno E, Gupta N, Ardestani G, Balboula AZ, Carvacho I, Fissore RA. The TRPV3 channel is a mediator of zinc influx and homeostasis in murine oocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Apr 08; 122(14):e2420194122.

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Paulsen B, Piechota S, Barrachina F, Giovannini A, Kats S, Potts KS, Rockwell G, Marchante M, Estevez SL, Noblett AD, Figueroa AB, Aschenberger C, Kelk DA, Forti M, Marcinyshyn S, Wiemer K, Sanchez M, Belchin P, Lee JA, Buyuk E, Slifkin RE, Smela MP, Fortuna PRJ, Chatterjee P, McCulloh DH, Copperman AB, Ordonez-Perez D, Klein JU, Kramme CC. Rescue in vitro maturation using ovarian support cells of human oocytes from conventional stimulation cycles yields oocytes with improved nuclear maturation and transcriptomic resemblance to in vivo matured oocytes. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2024 Aug; 41(8):2021-2036.

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Vagios S, Sun B, Yeh J, Sacha CR. International attitudes towards medical and planned oocyte cryopreservation. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2024 Jul; 41(7):1771-1781.

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Akizawa H, Lopes EM, Fissore RA. Zn2+ is essential for Ca2+ oscillations in mouse eggs. Elife. 2023 Dec 15; 12.

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Piechota S, Marchante M, Giovannini A, Paulsen B, Potts KS, Rockwell G, Aschenberger C, Noblett AD, Figueroa AB, Sanchez M, Barrachina F, Wiemer K, Guzman L, Belchin P, Pierson Smela M, Fortuna PRJ, Chatterjee P, Tran ND, Kelk DA, Forti M, Marcinyshyn S, Smith T, McCulloh DH, Fernandez-Gonzalez MJ, Abittan B, Ortiz S, Klein JU, Klatsky P, Ordonez-Perez D, Kramme CC. Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived ovarian support cell co-culture improves oocyte maturation in vitro after abbreviated gonadotropin stimulation. Hum Reprod. 2023 12 04; 38(12):2456-2469.

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Riepsamen AH, Donoghoe MW, Indran IR, Hechtman L, Robertson DM, Gilchrist RB, Ledger WL, Yong EL. Serum GDF9 and BMP15 as potential markers of ovarian function in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2023 04; 98(4):567-577.

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Nabi D, Bosi D, Gupta N, Thaker N, Fissore R, Brayboy LM. Multidrug resistance transporter-1 dysfunction perturbs meiosis and Ca2+ homeostasis in oocytes. Reproduction. 2023 01 01; 165(1):79-91.

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Shamsa A, Gilchrist RB, Robertson DM, Rodgers RJ, Donoghoe MW, Ledger WL, Abbott JA, Riepsamen AH. Oocyte-Secreted Serum Biomarkers GDF9 and BMP15 in Women with Endometriosis. Reprod Sci. 2023 05; 30(5):1521-1527.

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Fontana P, Dong Y, Pi X, Tong AB, Hecksel CW, Wang L, Fu TM, Bustamante C, Wu H. Structure of cytoplasmic ring of nuclear pore complex by integrative cryo-EM and AlphaFold. Science. 2022 06 10; 376(6598):eabm9326.

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Gupta N, Akizawa H, Lee HC, Fissore RA. SPERM FACTORS AND EGG ACTIVATION: ICSI and the discovery of the sperm factor and PLCZ1. Reproduction. 2022 05 23; 164(1):F9-F20.

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