Growth factor expression by human oviduct and buffalo rat liver coculture cells

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 775-779

  Barmat, Larry I ^a,b   Worrilow, Kathryn C ^a,c   Paynton, Barbara V ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coculture; growth factors; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030944584     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81382-9     Document Type: Article

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