title: [Factors regulating growth processes in the ovary].
abstract: This paper summarizes the recent knowledge on the factors stimulating or inhibiting the ovarian growth. In the present review the following factors influencing growth processes in the ovary are discussed: gonadotropins, sex steroids, prolactin, renin, angiotensin II, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), growth hormone, insulin, prostaglandins, pineal indoleamines, tissue growth factors and others. The role of nervous system is also described in the study. Not only gonadotropins and other stimulatory factors but also inhibitory agents, e.g., melatonin should be considered in the ovarian growth regulation. The hypertrophic and/or hyperplastic processes in the ovary seem to be dependent on either the excess of stimulatory agents or the deficit of the growth inhibitors.
authors: Zakład Endokrynologii Doświadczalnej i Diagnostyki Hormonalnej Instytutu Endokrynologii AM, Lodzi.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Lewiński
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Szkudliński
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Szymczykiewicz
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Wajs
mesh_terms: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000502:physiology; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000502:physiology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology; D008550:Melatonin / Q000502:physiology; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / Q000502:physiology; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D006728:Hormones; D007328:Insulin; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior; D004958:Estradiol; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D015237:Dinoprost; D008550:Melatonin
vernacular_title: Czynniki regulujace wzrost jajnika.