Regulation of the expression of the angiogenic enzyme platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor/thymidine phosphorylase in endometrial isolates by ovarian steroids and cytokines

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4921-4930

  Zhang, Lyna ^a,b   Mackenzie, Ian Z ^b   Rees, Margaret C P ^b   Bicknell, Roy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STROMA CELL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0030731135     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.11.5517     Document Type: Article

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