Influence of severe endometriosis on gene expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and interleukin-6 in granulosa cells from patients undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 865-871

  Yamashita, Yoshiki ^a   Ueda, Masatsugu ^a   Takehara, Mikio ^a   Yamashita, Hikari ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihiko ^a   Hung, Yao Ching ^a   Terai, Yoshito ^a   Ueki, Minoru ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Granulosa cells; IL 6; TaqMan real time PCR; Tubal infertility; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 6; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ESTRADIOL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOKINES; MENOTROPINS; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0036791936     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03339-3     Document Type: Article

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