Recombinant β-defensin 126 promotes bull sperm binding to bovine oviductal epithelia
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Fertilizing capacity of bovine sperm may be maintained by binding of oviductal epithelial cells.
The ability of the bovine oviduct to maintain the motility and fertilizing capacity of bovine sperm was investigated by incubating frozen-thawed sperm with endosalpingeal epithelial cells cultured on either tissue culture plastic (nonpolarizing) or Matrigel-coated Millicell (polarizing) substrata. Sperm were also incubated in medium alone or with cultured bovine tracheal epithelial cells. Motil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1031-3613
DOI: 10.1071/rd17415