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SUBMITTER: Vieira LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7824399 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vieira Luis Alberto LA Diana Alessia A Soriano-Úbeda Cristina C Matás Carmen C
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20201230 1
Chemotaxis is a spermatozoa guidance mechanism demonstrated in vitro in several mammalian species including porcine. This work focused on follicular fluid (FF), periovulatory oviductal fluid (pOF), the medium surrounding oocytes during in vitro maturation (conditioned medium; CM), progesterone (P4), and the combination of those biofluids (Σ) as chemotactic agents and modulators of spermatozoa fertility in vitro. A chemotaxis chamber was designed consisting of two independent wells, A and B, conn ...[more]