Reproduction Abstracts

Introduction: The ovary shows cyclical events, such as folliculogenesis, ovulation, and luteinization. During these events, leukocytes are known to infiltrate in the ovary. However, the role of each type of leukocytes in the ovary is not fully determined. In order to determine the roles of dendritic cells (DC) in the ovary, we conducted following experiments.Materials and methods: i) To analyze DC population, immature mice were injected with PMSG followe...