The diagnosis and treatment of male infertility, excluding assisted conception, are limited
because of, but not limited to, poor understanding of sperm post‐testicular development and …

Convergent extension is a fundamental morphogenetic process that underlies not only the
generation of the elongated vertebrate body plan from the initially radially symmetrical …

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Throughout embryonic and early postnatal development, the mammalian epididymis
changes from a straight tube to a highly coiled, complex duct that links the efferent ducts to …

Prolonged survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with BCR‐ABL1‐
targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors allows consideration of parenthood for patients on chronic …

Mutations in CFTR lead to dysfunction of tubular organs, which is currently attributed to
impairment of its conductive properties. We now show that CFTR regulates tight junction …

The mammalian epididymis is more than a highly convoluted tube divided into four regions:
initial segment, caput, corpus and cauda. It is a highly segmented structure with each …

The kidney and upper urinary tract develop through reciprocal interactions between the
ureteric bud and the surrounding mesenchyme. Ureteric bud branching forms the arborized …

After spermatogenesis, testicular spermatozoa are not able to fertilize an oocyte, they must
undergo sequential maturational processes. Part of these essential processes occurs during …

The epididymis is a single convoluted tubule lined by a pseudostratified epithelium.
Specialized epididymal epithelial cells, the so-called principal, basal, narrow, and clear …