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Footmarks of Innate Immunity in the Ovary and Cytokeratin-Positive Cells as Potential Dendritic Cells

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The ovary is a dynamic organ, because of continuous processes of cell proliferation and regression. They are intense in the reproductive period characterized by the cyclic formation of the mature follicle, and its rupture as well as the development, maintenance and disappearance of the corpus luteum (CL; Oktem and Oktay 2008).

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Spanel-Borowski, K. (2011). Background. In: Footmarks of Innate Immunity in the Ovary and Cytokeratin-Positive Cells as Potential Dendritic Cells. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 209. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16077-6_1

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