Expression, production, and secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor and interleukin-6 by granulosa cells is comparable in women with and without endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 568-575

  Garrido, Nicolás ^a,b   Albert, Carmela ^a   Krüssel, Jan S ^d   O'Connor, José E ^b   Remohí, José ^a,b   Simón, Carlos ^a,b   Pellicer, Antonio ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Follicular environment; Granulosa cells; Interleukin 6 (IL 6); Oocyte quality; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOKINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0034883096     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01961-6     Document Type: Article

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