ReviewAnimal : an international journal of animal bioscience2018
Review: The epic journey of sperm through the female reproductive tract.
Review in Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.
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- Microfluidic Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (MICSI): A Novel Platform for Sperm Isolation, Selection, and Injection Into Oocytes.Andrology · 2026Article
- Sperm DNA fragmentation and its influence on mammalian reproduction.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
- The systems that transport ions and their impact on sperm function and male fertility.Function (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
- Enhancing sperm resilience: protective effects of ectoine on post-thaw bovine sperm quality under environmental stress conditions.Journal of animal science · 2026Article
- Let the female tract choose: finding the sperm to enhanceAnimal reproduction · 2026Article
- Sperm-female interactions in the pig oviduct, a key for insemination success?The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026Review
- Spermidine reduces peri-implant inflammation and fibrosis to nurture osseointegration.Bioactive materials · 2026Article
- Sperm dynamics in the female reproductive tract and their role in regulating fertility.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026Review
- Pre-implantation non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug treatment disrupts mouse embryo spacing and post-implantation chamber morphogenesis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Laser capture proteomics reveals new candidates for sperm-interacting proteins in the bovine oviduct epithelium.Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Variation in Eusperm Length May Reflect Reproductive Barriers and Differences in Sperm Competition Intensity AmongEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- Comparative transcriptome analysis of bull X- and Y-spermatozoa.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Bovine Sperm Maturation.Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology · 2025Review
- Oviduct epithelium interactions: roles in sperm selection and embryo quality.Animal reproduction · 2025Article
- Surface N- or O-linked glycans on bovine spermatozoa play minimal role in evading macrophage mediated phagocytosis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease: Complete versus Partial Hydatidiform Moles.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Triblock Glycopolymers with Two 10-mer Blocks of Activating Sugars Enhance the Activation of Acrosomal Exocytosis in Mouse Sperm.ACS bio & med chem Au · 2024Article
- Multi-scale structures of the mammalian radial spoke and divergence of axonemal complexes in ependymal cilia.Nature communications · 2024Article
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- An oviduct glycan increases sperm lifespan by diminishing the production of ubiquinone and reactive oxygen species†.Biology of reproduction · 2023Article
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Abstract
Millions or billions of sperm are deposited by artificial insemination or natural mating into the cow reproductive tract but only a few arrive at the site of fertilization and only one fertilizes an oocyte. The remarkable journey that successful sperm take to reach an oocyte is long and tortuous, and includes movement through viscous fluid, avoiding dead ends and hostile immune cells. The privileged collection of sperm that complete this journey must pass selection steps in the vagina, cervix, uterus, utero-tubal junction and oviduct. In many locations in the female reproductive tract, sperm interact with the epithelium and the luminal fluid, which can affect sperm motility and function. Sperm must also be tolerated by the immune system of the female for an adequate time to allow fertilization to occur. This review emphasizes literature about cattle but also includes work in other species that emphasizes critical broad concepts. Although all parts of the female reproductive tract are reviewed, particular attention is given to the sperm destination, the oviduct.
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