Angiogenesis in the human corpus luteum: Simulated early pregnancy by HCG treatment is associated with both angiogenesis and vessel stabilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2515-2524

  Wulff, Christine ^a   Dickson, Sarah E ^a   Duncan, W Colin ^a   Fraser, Hamish M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Corpus luteum; Endothelial cells; Simulated early human pregnancy; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERICYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIMULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STAINING;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0035654911     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.12.2515     Document Type: Article

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