Weightlessness leads to an increase granulosa cells in the growing follicle.
Anna Yu KikinaMariia S MatrosovaElena Yu GorbachevaKsenia K GogichaevaKonstantin A ToniyanValery V BoyarintsevOleg V KotovIrina V OgnevaPublished in: NPJ microgravity (2024)
The participation of women in space programs of increasing flight duration requires research of their reproductive system from the perspective of subsequent childbearing and healthy aging. For the first time, we present hormonal and structural data on the dynamics of recovery after a 157-day space flight in a woman of reproductive age. There were no clinically significant changes in the reproductive system, but detailed analysis shows that weightlessness leads to an increase in the proportion of early antral follicles and granulosa cells in large antral follicles. Returning to Earth's gravity reduces the number and diameter of early antral follicles.
Keyphrases
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- cell cycle arrest
- physical activity
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- cell death
- insulin resistance
- oxidative stress
- signaling pathway
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
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- electronic health record
- optical coherence tomography
- optic nerve
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