Vascular endothelial growth factor is produced by peritoneal fluid macrophages in endometriosis and is regulated by ovarian steroids

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 482-489

  McLaren, J ^a,b   Prentice, A ^a   Charnock Jones, D S ^a   Millican, S A ^a   Muller K H ^a   Sharkey, A M ^a   Smith, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; endometriosis; VEGF; VEGF receptors (flt, KDR)

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030035755     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118815     Document Type: Article

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