Research progress on the role of melatonin and its receptors in animal reproduction: A comprehensive review

HS Talpur, IB Chandio, RD Brohi… - … in domestic animals, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Melatonin and its receptors play a crucial role in the regulation of the animal
reproductive process, primarily in follicular development. However, the role that melatonin …

Melatonin administration provokes the activity of dendritic reticular cells in the seminal vesicle of Soay ram during the non-breeding season

HH Abd-Elhafeez, AHS Hassan, MT Hussein - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) are innate immune cells which engulf, process and present antigens to
the naïve T-lymphocyte cells. However, little is known about the effect of melatonin on the …

[HTML][HTML] The roles of telocytes in lung development and angiogenesis: An immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, scanning electron microscopy and morphometrical …

MM Hussein, DM Mokhtar - Developmental biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Many studies have been carried out to investigate the occurrence and distribution of
telocytes (TCs) in many organs. However, their morphological development is still unclear …

New description of telocyte sheaths in the bovine uterine tube: An immunohistochemical and scanning microscopic study

HH Abd-Elhafeez, SA Soliman - Cells Tissues Organs, 2017 - karger.com
Telocytes are a special type of interstitial cells characterized by distinctive cellular
extensions with alternating thin segments (podomers) and dilations (podoms). Telocytes …

Melatonin MT1 and MT2 Receptors in the Ram Reproductive Tract

M González-Arto, D Aguilar, E Gaspar-Torrubia… - International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Some melatonin functions in mammals are exerted through MT1 and MT2 receptors.
However, there are no reports of their presence in the reproductive tract of the ram, a …

From spermatogenesis to fertilisation: the role of melatonin on ram spermatozoa

A Casao, V Peña-Delgado, R Pérez-Pe - Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 2025 - Elsevier
This review presents recent findings on the effect of melatonin on ram spermatozoa. This
hormone regulates seasonal reproduction in the ovine species through the hypothalamic …

Telocytes in the mouse testicular interstitium: implications of G-protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) and estrogen-related receptor (ERR) in the regulation of …

P Pawlicki, A Hejmej, A Milon, K Lustofin, BJ Płachno… - Protoplasma, 2019 - Springer
Telocytes (TCs), a novel type of interstitial cells, are involved in tissue homeostasis
maintenance. This study aimed to investigate TC presence in the interstitium of mouse testis …

Melatonin activates the vascular elements, telocytes, and neuroimmune communication in the adrenal gland of Soay rams during the non-breeding season

MT Hussein, DM Mokhtar, AHS Hassan - Protoplasma, 2020 - Springer
The adrenal glands of 15 adult Soay rams were used to study the effect of melatonin on their
vascular elements and cellular organization. A significant increase in the cross-sectional …

Effect of melatonin on telocytes in the seminal vesicle of the Soay ram: An immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and morphometrical study

HH Abd-Elhafeez, DM Mokhtar, AHS Hassan - Cells tissues organs, 2017 - karger.com
Telocytes (TCs) are a special type of interstitial cell with characteristic cellular processes that
are described in many organs. The current study aimed to investigate TCs in seminal …

Oviductal telocytes in patients with uterine myoma

V Aleksandrovych, A Wrona, T Bereza, K Pityński, K Gil - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tubal factor infertility occurs in 30–35% of infertile pairs and may be caused by impaired
muscular contractility and ciliary beating as well as immunological imbalance and chronic …