Topic · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Medicine

Reproductive Biology and Fertility

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2 papers

Hormonally responsive bovine oviductal organoids recapitulate native oviductal secretions and enhance sperm capacitation

Sergio Navarro‐Serna, Jon Romero‐Aguirregomezcorta, Nathaly Hernandez-Diaz, Ana Ferrero-Micó, Pilar Coy, Vicente Pérez-García

Bovine oviductal organoids treated with estradiol or a progesterone analog reproduce follicular and luteal transcriptomes and secretomes; estradiol-stimulated secretions boost bull sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction.

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · Apr 20, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology✦ In-depth digest

Age-associated increased stiffness of the ovarian microenvironment impairs follicle development and oocyte quality and rapidly alters follicle gene expression

Sara Pietroforte, Makenzie Plough, Farners Amargant

Hydrogels matching aged mouse ovary stiffness (5.85 kPa vs 0.84 kPa) cut follicle survival to 6.66% to 30%, reduce estradiol up to 533-fold, and alter 135 genes within 6 hours.

Reproduction · Jan 5, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology✦ In-depth digest