The oviduct and uterus provide the environments for the earliest stages of mammalian
embryo development. However, little is known about the mechanisms that underlie the …

The analysis of endometrial secretions offers a window on human peri-implantation events
that have hitherto been difficult to study noninvasively. Uterine secretomic analysis provides …

The oviductal fluid is the first environment experienced by mammalian embryos at the very
beginning of life. However, it has long been believed that the oviductal environment was not …

The exocoelomic cavity was probably the last remaining physiological body fluid cavity to be
explored in the human embryo. Its unique anatomical position has enabled us to study the …

Once considered a simple medium for sperm and embryo transport, the functional spectrum
of uterine fluid is now expanding. Novel molecular players, such as extracellular vesicles …

Nutrients in uterine secretions are essential for development and survival of conceptuses
(embryo and associated extraembryonic membranes) during pregnancy; however, little is …

Fluid produced and secreted by the Fallopian tube provides the environment in which
gamete transport and maturation, fertilization and early embryo development occur. This …

All mammalian uteri contain glands in the endometrium that synthesize or transport and
secrete substances essential for survival and development of the conceptus (embryo/fetus …

Oviduct fluid and oviduct epithelium seem able to modulate in-time maturation and transport
of gametes and embryos. They probably allow selection of spermatozoa through too early …

The influence of seminal plasma on the cytokine and immune uterine environment is well
characterised in mice and humans, while the effects of disruption to uterine seminal plasma …