Vascular endothelial growth factor stimulates preantral follicle growth in the rat ovary

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1736-1741

  Danforth, Douglas R ^a   Arbogast, Laura K ^a   Ghosh, Sue ^a   Dickerman, Alexandra ^a   Rofagha, Rana ^a   Friedman, Chad I ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle; Follicular development; Granulosa cells; Growth factors; Ovary

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TISSUE FIXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037408262     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.101.000679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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