"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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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epididymis" by people in Profiles.
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In vivo dynamic volumetric imaging of mouse testis and epididymis with optical coherence tomography?. Biol Reprod. 2024 Feb 10; 110(2):365-376.
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CUB domains are not required for OVCH2 function in sperm maturation in the mouse epididymis. Andrology. 2024 Mar; 12(3):682-697.
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A small secreted protein NICOL regulates lumicrine-mediated sperm maturation and male fertility. Nat Commun. 2023 04 24; 14(1):2354.
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption of lipocalins, Ly6g5b, and Ly6g5c causes male subfertility in mice. Andrology. 2024 Jul; 12(5):981-990.
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Persistence of Zika virus RNA in the epididymis of the murine male reproductive tract. Virology. 2021 08; 560:43-53.
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Expression and localization of alpha-tubulin N-acetyltransferase 1 in the reproductive system of male mice. J Reprod Dev. 2021 Feb 15; 67(1):59-66.
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Obese Mice with Dyslipidemia Exhibit Meibomian Gland Hypertrophy and Alterations in Meibum Composition and Aqueous Tear Production. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Nov 20; 21(22).
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Large-scale discovery of male reproductive tract-specific genes through analysis of RNA-seq datasets. BMC Biol. 2020 08 19; 18(1):103.
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CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing in mice uncovers 13 testis- or epididymis-enriched genes individually dispensable for male reproduction?. Biol Reprod. 2020 08 04; 103(2):183-194.
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NELL2-mediated lumicrine signaling through OVCH2 is required for male fertility. Science. 2020 06 05; 368(6495):1132-1135.