Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10743763 | Maturitas | 2007 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
In the fertile women sialoderivatives present at the luminal surface of the epithelial cells could play a role in sperm capacitation and mobility, and facilitate the transit of the egg and of the early embryo along the oviducts. The similar distribution of sialoderivatives in the oviduct epithelium of some postmenopausal women of different age, compared to the fertile ones, suggests a maintaining of some functions of the organ, independently from the age of the woman. This could be due, in some cases, to the influence of remaining still sufficient sex hormonal levels.
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Authors
Gherardo Gheri, Ivo Noci, Chiara F. Gheri, Debora Vichi, Giorgia D. Zappoli Thyrion, Mirca Marini, Anna M. Buccoliero, Eleonora Sgambati,