title: [Aging and anti-aging of oocytes].
abstract: The functions of organs decrease as the age increases. The fecundity of women also decreases due to mainly the decreasing quality of oocytes. The recent change of life style makes the age of infertility patients elder and infertility treatments more difficult. The therapeutic strategy for the elder infertility patients is still chaotic. The precise evaluation for the ageing in the female genital organs should be developed and the treatment for the failure of fecundity due to aging must be overcome.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Child Health and Development, Department of Perinatal Medicineand Maternal care, Division of Reproductive Medicine.
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Takakazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Shirei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohgi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horikawa
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Megumu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ino
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Chiharu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*