Fig 4. Comparison of oviductal cell secreted proteins to transcriptome of the bovine oviduct from two published datasets.

Of the 266 secreted proteins identified in oviductal cells, 236 (89%) and 200 (75%) of the proteins were detected as transcripts in the oviduct by Maillo et al. [35], and the Gonella-Diaza et al. [36] respectively. This comparison indicates that almost 90% of the proteins identified in this study are synthesized by the oviductal epithelium, with only 30 (11%) of proteins putatively derived by plasma protein transudation.