title: Ultrastructural aspects of the remodeling process of the Corpus albicans in the recent postmenopausal period.
abstract: To study the cytophysiology of the corpus albicans in the recent postmenopausal period, the authors analyzed the ovarian ultrastructure of ten patients submitted to oophorectomy due to non-malignant gynecological diseases. Evidence of a remodeling process with connective tissue substitution of the corpora albicantia was observed. The remodeling process appears to depend on the activity of three essential cell types; the fibroblasts, which provide collagen synthesis; the macrophages, which phagocytize the flaky material; and the myofibroblasts, mainly located in the peripheral region of the corpora albicantia, which may have a retracting action on the remodeling site of the corpus albicans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Focchi
authors.forename: M de J
authors.initials: Mde J
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Baracat
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evêncio Neto
mesh_terms: D003239:Connective Tissue Cells; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010053:Ovary / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000502:physiology*