Detection of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein in vascular and non-vascular cells of the normal and oxygen-injured rat retina

Growth Factors

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-241

  Robbins, Susan G ^a   Conaway, Jeffrey R ^a   Ford, Barbara L ^a   Roberto, Kerrey A ^a   Penn, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

ADPase; Hypoxia; Immunohistochemistry; Neovascularization; Rat retina; VEGF

Indexed keywords

APYRASE; OXYGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUELLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030735593     PISSN: 08977194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08977199709021522     Document Type: Article

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