"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 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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Wang Y, Yamauchi Y, Wang Z, Zheng H, Yanagimachi R, Ward MA, Yan W. Both Cauda and Caput Epididymal Sperm Are Capable of Supporting Full-Term Development in FVB and CD-1 Mice. Dev Cell. 2020 12 21; 55(6):675-676.
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Krishnan V, Baskaran P, Thyagarajan B. Troglitazone activates TRPV1 and causes deacetylation of PPAR? in 3T3-L1 cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2019 02 01; 1865(2):445-453.
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Gawecka JE, Boaz S, Kasperson K, Nguyen H, Evenson DP, Ward WS. Luminal fluid of epididymis and vas deferens contributes to sperm chromatin fragmentation. Hum Reprod. 2015 Dec; 30(12):2725-36.
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Farombi EO, Adedara IA, Forcados GE, Anao OO, Agbowo A, Patlolla AK. Responses of testis, epididymis, and sperm of pubertal rats exposed to functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Environ Toxicol. 2016 May; 31(5):543-51.
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Ribas-Maynou J, Gawecka JE, Benet J, Ward WS. Double-stranded DNA breaks hidden in the neutral Comet assay suggest a role of the sperm nuclear matrix in DNA integrity maintenance. Mol Hum Reprod. 2014 Apr; 20(4):330-40.
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Song HW, Dann CT, McCarrey JR, Meistrich ML, Cornwall GA, Wilkinson MF. Dynamic expression pattern and subcellular localization of the Rhox10 homeobox transcription factor during early germ cell development. Reproduction. 2012 May; 143(5):611-24.
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Yamauchi Y, Riel JM, Stoytcheva Z, Burgoyne PS, Ward MA. Deficiency in mouse Y chromosome long arm gene complement is associated with sperm DNA damage. Genome Biol. 2010; 11(6):R66.
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Yamauchi Y, Riel JM, Wong SJ, Ojarikre OA, Burgoyne PS, Ward MA. Live offspring from mice lacking the Y chromosome long arm gene complement. Biol Reprod. 2009 Aug; 81(2):353-61.
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Gupta V, Bhasin S, Guo W, Singh R, Miki R, Chauhan P, Choong K, Tchkonia T, Lebrasseur NK, Flanagan JN, Hamilton JA, Viereck JC, Narula NS, Kirkland JL, Jasuja R. Effects of dihydrotestosterone on differentiation and proliferation of human mesenchymal stem cells and preadipocytes. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2008 Dec 16; 296(1-2):32-40.
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Yamauchi Y, Ajduk A, Riel JM, Ward MA. Ejaculated and epididymal mouse spermatozoa are different in their susceptibility to nuclease-dependent DNA damage and in their nuclease activity. Biol Reprod. 2007 Oct; 77(4):636-47.