Following insemination of spermatozoa pre-ovulation, the mammalian oviduct ensures, by
the formation of a functional sperm reservoir (SR), that suitable (low) numbers of viable and …

In the pig, a functional tubal sperm reservoir (SR) is established before ovulation to ensure
availability of suitable numbers of viable spermatozoa for fertilization. The boar's large …

Mammalian fertilization remains a poorly understood event with the vast majority of studies
done in the mouse model. The purpose of this review is to revise the current knowledge …

This essay argues strongly that for those sperm cells involved in fertilisation, the process of
capacitation represents an active and specific coordination within succeeding regions of the …

In vitro studies suggests that sperm capacitation occurs in the sperm reservoir (SR) of the
pig, with spermatozoa progressing towards the ampullary–isthmic junction (AIJ) around …

To avoid inappropriate conclusions being drawn from the extensive use of in vitro
preparations of sperm–oviduct epithelial binding, it is recalled that events in the genital tract …

Mucus is a viscoelastic aqueous fluid that participates in the protective barrier of many
mammals' epithelia. In the airways, together with cilia beating, mucus rheological properties …

Contents Fertilization and early embryo development relies on a complex interplay between
the Fallopian tube and the gametes before and after fertilization. Thereby the oviduct, as a …

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), hyaluronan (HA) and heparan sulfate (HS) were localized in
the pre-and post-ovulatory oviducts of inseminated and control (non-inseminated) sows …

Hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid) is a simple, nonantigenic, nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan
present everywhere in the extracellular compartments of the body. Noteworthy, it is highly …