Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor by granulated metrial gland cells in pregnant murine uteri

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 285-293

  Wang, Chunlian ^a   Umesaki, Naohiko ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a   Tanaka, Tetsuji ^a   Nakatani, Kazuki ^a   Sakaguchi, Ikuyo ^a,b   Ogita, Sachio ^a   Kaneda, Kenji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Club Cosmetics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Decidua; Metrial gland; Mouse (C57BL 6Cr)

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL GRANULE; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DECIDUA; DENSITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METRIAL GLAND; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0034082793     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410000198     Document Type: Article

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