Blood samples were then taken to measure their levels of two key hormones essential for ovulation and fertility - luteinising hormone ( lh ) and follicle stimulating hormone ( fsh ) .
Their study , in plos genetics , found a strong association to pre-term births in variants of the fshr - or follicle stimulating hormone receptor - gene .
Because you don 't take an ovary out of young women , we 've never before been able to look inside the follicle of the human and ask how does it work , how do hormones change , how does the estrogen change in the follicle ?
Researchers looked at two accepted methods to assess how many eggs the women had - known as their " ovarian reserve " - levels of anti - mullerian hormone ( amh ) and antral follicle count ( afc ) .
As the immature egg grew inside the follicle , it produced hormones just as it would inside a woman 's body .
随着这个不成熟的卵在卵泡中不断成长,它就会像在女人体内一样产生荷尔蒙。
A strong association to pre-term births was found in variants of the fshr - or follicle stimulating hormone receptor - gene .
他们发现一种fshr(促卵泡激素受体)变种基因和早产有着紧密的联系。
Conservative treatment involves plucking the offending eyelashes and administering lubricant drops , but many patients will require surgery to either destroy or reposition the lash and follicle .
Follicle stimulating hormone acts on receptors in the ovaries to encourage follicle ( a sphere of cells containing an egg ) development and production of the hormone oestrogen .