The vascular character of ovarian follicular granulosa cells: Phenotypic and functional evidence for an endothelial-like cell population

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2306-2318

  Antczak, Michael ^a   Van Blerkom, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary like structures; Corpus luteum; Endothelial cell granulosa cells; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETYL LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; LIPID TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE STRATUM GRANULOSUM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UTERINE TUBE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0033758186     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.11.2306     Document Type: Article

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