Immunohistochemical identification of epithelial cell types in the isthmus of bovine oviduct: Comparison with the ampulla.

ABSTRACT: The oviductal epithelium consists of ciliated and non-ciliated cells, and their numbers vary depending on the segment of the oviduct and stage of the estrous cycle. Compared with the ampulla, fewer cyclic changes in the number of the two types of cells occur in the isthmus. Recently, we have reported that the epithelium in the ampullary oviduct is composed of many types of cells during different translational/transcriptional states, and their numbers change during the estrous cycle. However, detailed information regarding the epithelial cell subtypes lining the isthmic oviductal epithelium has not yet been reported. In this study, we aimed to identify the epithelial subtypes in the isthmus of the oviduct using immunohistochemistry. Some similarities and differences were observed between th

SUBMITTER: Ito S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939284 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature