Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor action blocks estrogen-induced uterine edema and implantation in rodents

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1804-1810

  Rockwell, L Christie ^a,b   Pillai, Suresh ^a   Olson, C Erik ^a   Koos, Robert D ^a  

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

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Female reproductive tract; Implantation; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; LYMPHOKINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UTERUS; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EDEMA; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; EDEMA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNE SERA; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0036891953     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.006700     Document Type: Article

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