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Heterotypic Three-dimensional In Vitro Modeling of Stromal-Epithelial Interactions During Ovarian Cancer Initiation and Progression
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2012
We describe methodologies for establishing in vitro heterotypic three-dimensional models comprising ovarian fibroblasts and normal ovarian surface or ovarian cancer epithelial cells. We discuss the use of these models to study stromal-epithelial interactions that occur during ovarian cancer development.
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Obtaining Primary Ovarian Cancer Cells from Solid Specimens: A Method to Culture Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells from Ovarian Tumor Specimens
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2023
In this video, we describe a method for isolating and characterizing primary ovarian cancer cells from solid ovarian tumor tissue specimens. The epithelial cancer cells obtained using this protocol are suitable for understanding the processes that may lead to ovarian cancer initiation and development.
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Generating Schwann Cell-Like Cells from Bone Marrow Stromal Cells
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2025
This video demonstrates a method for obtaining Schwann cell-like cells from multipotent bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). Initially, the BMSCs undergo hypoxia treatment, followed by directed differentiation into neuronal progenitor cells. Subsequently, specific media and culture conditions are employed to induce the transformation of these progenitor cells into Schwann cell-like cells.
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Ovarian Fat Pad Transplantation Assay: An In Vivo Technique to Introduce Cells into Ovarian Fat Pad in Mouse Models
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2023
In this video, we demonstrate an assay for transplantation of experimental cells and tissue fragments into the mouse ovarian fat pad. This method can be used to monitor cell regeneration and tumor transformation via non-invasive techniques.
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Isolation and Differentiation of Stromal Vascular Cells to Beige/Brite Cells
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2013
Primary white preadipocytes isolated from white adipose tissues in mice can be differentiated into beige/brite cells. Presented here is a reliable cellular model system to study the molecular regulation of "browning" of white fat.
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They influence oocytes and granulosa cells through paracrine signals, which are local chemical messages, as well as through extracellular matrix interactions and hormone production. These communication routes connect the surrounding tissue environment with follicular activity. Studying them helps clarify how neighboring cells coordinate follicle development rather than acting as independent cellular compartments.
Fibroblast-like, theca, vascular, and immune-associated populations can contribute distinct structural, endocrine, or signaling functions. Their combined activity helps organize tissue around follicles and blood vessels while supporting ovarian homeostasis. Considering these populations separately and together is important because changes in one cellular component may alter communication throughout the ovarian microenvironment.
Hormone production by stromal populations provides one connection between local ovarian conditions and broader endocrine regulation. Along with paracrine signaling and matrix interactions, these hormonal influences can affect follicular surroundings and developmental processes. This framework allows researchers to investigate how local cellular behavior is integrated with the signals that regulate reproductive function.
Examining these cells can show how the follicular microenvironment supports or modifies maturation through cellular communication, structural interactions, and hormone-related activity. The approach places follicle development within its surrounding tissue context, including nearby vascular and immune-associated populations. It therefore complements studies focused only on oocytes or granulosa cells.
Their structural and signaling relationships with follicles, blood vessels, and reproductive tissues make them relevant to models of ovarian tissue organization. Tissue engineering studies can use this biology to investigate how a supportive microenvironment is established and maintained. Such work connects cellular mechanisms with efforts to model ovarian function in a controlled research setting.
Comparing ovarian stromal cell behavior across healthy and altered states can help identify changes in the microenvironment associated with aging, ovarian disorders, or infertility. Researchers can examine whether communication, extracellular matrix interactions, hormone production, or cellular composition changes. These observations provide biological context for understanding disrupted follicle development and ovarian homeostasis.