"Epididymis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The convoluted cordlike structure attached to the posterior of the TESTIS. Epididymis consists of the head (caput), the body (corpus), and the tail (cauda). A network of ducts leaving the testis joins into a common epididymal tubule proper which provides the transport, storage, and maturation of SPERMATOZOA.
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D004822
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.371
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Epididymis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Epididymis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epididymis" by people in Profiles.
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Morin SJ, Hanson BM, Juneau CR, Neal SA, Landis JN, Scott RT, Hotaling JM. A comparison of the relative efficiency of ICSI and extended culture with epididymal sperm versus testicular sperm in patients with obstructive azoospermia. Asian J Androl. 2020 Mar-Apr; 22(2):222-226.
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Farooq A, Jorda M, Whittington E, Kryvenko ON, Braunhut BL, Pavan N, Proch?zkov? K, Zhang L, Rai S, Miller T, Liu J, Szabo A, Iczkowski KA. Rete Testis Invasion Is Consistent With Pathologic Stage T1 in Germ Cell Tumors. Am J Clin Pathol. 2019 04 02; 151(5):479-485.
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Wu KZ, Li K, Galileo DS, Martin-DeLeon PA. Junctional adhesion molecule A: expression in the murine epididymal tract and accessory organs and acquisition by maturing sperm. Mol Hum Reprod. 2017 02 10; 23(2):132-140.
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Modelski MJ, Menlah G, Wang Y, Dash S, Wu K, Galileo DS, Martin-DeLeon PA. Hyaluronidase 2: a novel germ cell hyaluronidase with epididymal expression and functional roles in mammalian sperm. Biol Reprod. 2014 Nov; 91(5):109.
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Patel R, Al-Dossary AA, Stabley DL, Barone C, Galileo DS, Strehler EE, Martin-DeLeon PA. Plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase 4 in murine epididymis: secretion of splice variants in the luminal fluid and a role in sperm maturation. Biol Reprod. 2013 Jul; 89(1):6.
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Iczkowski KA, Pantazis CG. Papillary cystadenofibroma of epididymis: a case report. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2011 Aug 15; 4(6):629-31.
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Reese KL, Aravindan RG, Griffiths GS, Shao M, Wang Y, Galileo DS, Atmuri V, Triggs-Raine BL, Martin-Deleon PA. Acidic hyaluronidase activity is present in mouse sperm and is reduced in the absence of SPAM1: evidence for a role for hyaluronidase 3 in mouse and human sperm. Mol Reprod Dev. 2010 Sep; 77(9):759-72.
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Griffiths GS, Galileo DS, Reese K, Martin-Deleon PA. Investigating the role of murine epididymosomes and uterosomes in GPI-linked protein transfer to sperm using SPAM1 as a model. Mol Reprod Dev. 2008 Nov; 75(11):1627-36.
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Shao M, Ghosh A, Cooke VG, Naik UP, Martin-DeLeon PA. JAM-A is present in mammalian spermatozoa where it is essential for normal motility. Dev Biol. 2008 Jan 01; 313(1):246-55.
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Chen H, Griffiths G, Galileo DS, Martin-DeLeon PA. Epididymal SPAM1 is a marker for sperm maturation in the mouse. Biol Reprod. 2006 May; 74(5):923-30.