Bovine oviductal monolayers cultured under three-dimension conditions secrete factors able to release spermatozoa adhering to the tubal reservoir in vitro

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 429-435

  Gualtieri, R ^a   Mollo, V ^a   Braun, S ^a   Barbato, V ^a   Fiorentino, I ^a   Talevi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine; Oviductal reservoir; Sperm motility; Sperm release; Sperm viability; Three dimensional culture

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PENICILLAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; UTERINE TUBE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HEPARIN; MALE; PENICILLAMINE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BOVINAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84872185194     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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