Sperm binding to oviductal epithelium produces a reservoir in vivo that may serve to
maintain sperm fertility and provide sperm for fertilization when ovulation occurs. Previously …

Oviductal sperm reservoirs have been found in cattle, mice, hamsters, pigs, and horses. In
cattle (Bos taurus), the reservoir is evidently formed when sperm bind to fucosylated ligands …

Sperm binding to oviductal epithelium probably serves to form the isthmic sperm reservoir.
This interaction of sperm and oviductal epithelium may involve species-specific …

In vivo capacitation of eutherian sperm cells coincides with changes in carbohydrate-
dependent interaction with the oviduct epithelia (fucose-dependent for bovine). Heparin-like …

After deposition of semen in the female reproductive tract during mating, spermatozoa are
transported to the oviduct in mammals (Hunter, 1984; Smith and Yanagimachi, 1991) …

Sperm binding to epithelium could play a role in the formation of the reservoir of sperm in the
oviduct, but the nature of the binding interaction is poorly understood. The present …

In cattle, sperm are stored in a reservoir in the caudal isthmus of the oviduct until the time of
ovulation approaches. Bull sperm are trapped in the reservoir by binding to fucosylated …

The objective of the present study was to characterize and quantify changes in exposed
saccharide residues of bovine sperm during capacitation in oviductal fluid (ODF) using flow …

In many mammals, after semen deposition, a subpopulation of the sperm is transported to
the lower oviduct, or isthmus, to form a functional sperm reservoir that provides sperm to …

The lower isthmus of the mammalian oviduct appears to serve as a reservoir for sperm that
are retained by adherence to the epithelium. By inhibiting sperm binding within excised …