Abstract
“Vascular stromatolysis” is described as herniation of interstitial gland cells into damaged cortical microvessels. The protrusion of luteal cell complexes into luteal vessels during “vascular luteolysis” leads to luteal cell thrombi in microvessels of the medulla. Both ways of bulk tissue removal are unknown for the ovary and are considered to rapidly regulate tissue homoeostasis/turnover in golden hamsters and in white-footed mice. The hypothesis is that innate immunity might be revealed as the driving force for these unique processes, which are presently beyond our understanding of tissue remodeling.
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Spanel-Borowski, K. (2012). Vascular Stromatolysis and Vascular Luteolysis for Bulk Tissue Removal. In: Atlas of the Mammalian Ovary. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30535-1_8
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