Short term organ culture of mouse ovary in the medium supplemented with bone morphogenetic protein 15 and follicle stimulating hormone: a morphological, hormonal and molecular study

ABSTRACT

Background: Bone morphogenetic protein 15 [BMP15] is a growth factor derived from oocyte and is essential for in vivo ovarian follicular growth and in this study, its effects on the improvement of growth and development of follicles during in vitro culture of neonatal mouse ovaries was investigated