@article{Nerkar_Apkaje_Jamgade_Gadegone_2016, title={Secretion of Mucins in the Fallopian Tube Epithelium of the Bat <I>Taphozous kachhensis</I> Dobson}, volume={19}, url={https://www.informaticsjournals.com/index.php/jer/article/view/7544}, DOI={10.18311/jer/2016/7544}, abstractNote={&lt;em&gt;Taphozous kachhensis&lt;/em&gt; is one of the largest Indian microchiropteran bats with a prominent gular pouch on the ventral side of the lower jaw. This is a seasonally monoestrous species and breeds once in a year. The Fallopian tube epithelium of &lt;em&gt;T. kachhensis&lt;/em&gt; in both the segments, ampullary and isthumic, is lined by two cell types: ciliated and non-ciliated (secretory). The Fallopian tube shows alterations in its muco-subtances during estrus and pregnancy. The ciliated cells elaborate large quantity of glycogen, while non-ciliated cells elaborate high amounts of glycogen and neutral and acid mucins during estrus. Mucins are localized in the cytoplasm as well as cytoplasmic blebs. Glycogen and other muco-substances in non-ciliated cells decrease during pregnancy and the ciliated cells show a small amount of glycogen only. The concentration of muco-substances is highest during estrus, and the cytoplasmic blebs are numerous and prominent and are filled with secretion during this stage.}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Endocrinology and Reproduction}, author={Nerkar, A. and Apkaje, K. R. and Jamgade, V. G. and Gadegone, M. M.}, year={2016}, month={Nov.}, pages={57–63} }