"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epididymis" by people in Profiles.
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Tourzani DA, Battistone MA, Salicioni AM, Breton S, Visconti PE, Gervasi MG. Caput Ligation Renders Immature Mouse Sperm Motile and Capable to Undergo cAMP-Dependent Phosphorylation. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Sep 23; 22(19).
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Galan C, Serra RW, Sun F, Rinaldi VD, Conine CC, Rando OJ. Stability of the cytosine methylome during post-testicular sperm maturation in mouse. PLoS Genet. 2021 03; 17(3):e1009416.
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Rinaldi VD, Donnard E, Gellatly K, Rasmussen M, Kucukural A, Yukselen O, Garber M, Sharma U, Rando OJ. An atlas of cell types in the mouse epididymis and vas deferens. Elife. 2020 07 30; 9.
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Conine CC, Sun F, Song L, Rivera-P?rez JA, Rando OJ. MicroRNAs Absent in Caput Sperm Are Required for Normal Embryonic Development. Dev Cell. 2019 07 01; 50(1):7-8.
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Conine CC, Sun F, Song L, Rivera-P?rez JA, Rando OJ. Small RNAs Gained during Epididymal Transit of Sperm Are Essential for Embryonic Development in Mice. Dev Cell. 2018 08 20; 46(4):470-480.e3.
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Sharma U, Sun F, Conine CC, Reichholf B, Kukreja S, Herzog VA, Ameres SL, Rando OJ. Small RNAs Are Trafficked from the Epididymis to Developing Mammalian Sperm. Dev Cell. 2018 08 20; 46(4):481-494.e6.
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Gervasi MG, Visconti PE. Molecular changes and signaling events occurring in spermatozoa during epididymal maturation. Andrology. 2017 03; 5(2):204-218.
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Senol-Cosar O, Flach RJ, DiStefano M, Chawla A, Nicoloro S, Straubhaar J, Hardy OT, Noh HL, Kim JK, Wabitsch M, Scherer PE, Czech MP. Tenomodulin promotes human adipocyte differentiation and beneficial visceral adipose tissue expansion. Nat Commun. 2016 Feb 16; 7:10686.
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Roy J, Kim B, Hill E, Visconti P, Krapf D, Vinegoni C, Weissleder R, Brown D, Breton S. Tyrosine kinase-mediated axial motility of basal cells revealed by intravital imaging. Nat Commun. 2016 Feb 12; 7:10666.
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Sharma U, Conine CC, Shea JM, Boskovic A, Derr AG, Bing XY, Belleannee C, Kucukural A, Serra RW, Sun F, Song L, Carone BR, Ricci EP, Li XZ, Fauquier L, Moore MJ, Sullivan R, Mello CC, Garber M, Rando OJ. Biogenesis and function of tRNA fragments during sperm maturation and fertilization in mammals. Science. 2016 Jan 22; 351(6271):391-396.