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F Geraci
Mural granulosa cells of the human follicles indirectly show death molecular signals not depending on different ovarian stimulation protocols
Spatial distribution of brucellosis in sheep and goats in Sicily from 2001 to 2005
Spatial analysis is making an increasingly important contribution to surveillance measures due to its ability to enable immediate visualization of information on the phenomenon studied. The authors describe the spatial distribution of prevalence and incidence of brucellosis in small ruminants in Sicily between 2001 and 2005. the study was conducted by integrating geografic information system (GIS)tecnology (MapInfo Professional 7.0) with SaTscan software to the perform an epidemiological analysis of the municipalities and to locate problem areas. A comparison between the thematic maps produced for brucellosis in small ruminants on the basis of prevalence and incidence data for each individu…
Multiple Sclerosis: Bench to Bedside Global Perspectives on a Silent Killer Preface
P–178 Mural granulosa cells of the human follicles indirectly show death molecular signals not depending on different ovarian stimulation protocols
Abstract Study question Could the expression of the anti-apoptotic molecules AKT, p-Akt and ERK1/2 in Mural Granulosa Cells (MGC) be considered as marker of oocyte quality? Summary answer MGCs activate cell death pathways in analyzed follicles and it is not influenced by different stimulation protocols and it is not correlated to oocyte competence. What is known already It has been previously demonstrated that apoptosis rate of mural granulosa or cumulus cells (CC) were correlated with follicular oocyte number, age, embryo numbers in IVF/ICSI and also clinical pregnancy. Moreover, our previous data demonstrated that in selected patients, who received recombinant LH associated with recombina…