Inflammaging is associated with shifted macrophage ontogeny and polarization in the aging mouse ovary

The fertility of women declines sharply after age 35 and is essentially lost upon menopause at age 51. The ovary plays an important part in aging-associated changes in women's physiology since it is an essential component of both the reproductive and endocrine systems. Several previous studies in mice have shown that the ovarian tissue goes through drastic changes over the course of aging and exhibits signs of aging-associated chronic...