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ReviewReproductive medicine and biology

Molecular crosstalk between insulin-like growth factors and follicle-stimulating hormone in the regulation of granulosa cell function.

Emily Hayes, Nicola Winston, Carlos Stocco

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In one paragraph

Review in Reproductive medicine and biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The protective role of α-lipoic acid in hypothyroidism-related ovarian damage.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  13. PAPPA's role in female reproduction.Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2025
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  15. Identification of FSH-regulated and estrous stage-specific transcriptional networks in mouse ovaries.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  17. Follicle-stimulating hormone.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily HayesDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine Chicago Illinois USA.
Nicola WinstonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine Chicago Illinois USA.
Carlos StoccoDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine Chicago Illinois USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-6681
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD097202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The last phase of folliculogenesis is driven by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and locally produced insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), both essential for forming preovulatory follicles. Methods: This review discusses the molecular crosstalk of the FSH and IGF signaling pathways in regulating follicular granulosa cells (GCs) during the antral-to-preovulatory phase. Main findings: IGFs were considered co-gonadotropins since they amplify FSH actions in GCs. However, this view is not compatible with data showing that FSH requires IGFs to stimulate GCs, that FSH renders GCs sensitive to IGFs, and that FSH signaling interacts with factors downstream of AKT to stimulate GCs. New evidence suggests that FSH and IGF signaling pathways intersect at several levels to regulate gene expression and GC function. Conclusion: FSH and locally produced IGFs form a positive feedback loop essential for preovulatory follicle formation in all species. Understanding the mechanisms by which FSH and IGFs interact to control GC function will help design new interventions to optimize follicle maturation, perfect treatment of ovulatory defects, improve in vitro fertilization, and develop new contraceptive approaches.

Indexed as

FSHgranulosa cellsinsulin‐like growth factorsovarysteroidogenesis

Identifiers

PMID38571513
PMCPMC10988955
OpenAlexW4393855853

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