... Abstract Egg allergy is one of the most frequent food allergies in infants and young children. The prevalence of egg allergy is estimated to be between 1.8 and 2% in children younger than 5 years of age. The reactions are mainly mediated by IgE and partially by non-IgE or are a mix of both...

... Abstract The effects of prostaglandins (PGs) on muscular activity of the oviductal isthmus and on the rate of tubal egg transport are reviewed. In consideration of the available data a mechanism by which PGs contribute to the physiological control of egg transport is suggested. In vivo...

... Abstract The transport of eggs from the site of ovulation to the site of implantation is a fundamental step of the reproductive process in the female. The fallopian tube effects the major part of this function and times the passage of eggs into the endometrial environment. As a result...

... that dietary cholesterol intake be less than 300 mg per day and that whole egg intake be no more than 3 eggs per week, the evidence base for a relationship between dietary and blood cholesterol was very limited. Forty years later, there is an extensive collection of research testing the hypothesis that dietary...

... Abstract A woman is born with her life-time supply of eggs, and these are surrounded by a group of cells, the follicular cells, which form the ovarian follicles. The ovarian follicles will determine a woman’s entire reproductive lifespan (presence of menstrual cycles and length of fertility...