title: Fertility: the role of mTOR signaling and KIT ligand.
abstract: Activation of a limited pool of diminishing ovarian follicles determines women's reproductive lifespan. A recent rodent study describes the role of mTOR signaling and KIT ligand in granulosa cells of primordial follicles for follicle activation and for reproductive lifespan regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: aaron.hsueh@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Aaron J W
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hsueh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D009865:Oocytes / Q000254:growth & development*; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000502:physiology*