Vascular endothelial growth factor in the human oviduct: Localization and regulation of messenger RNA expression in vivo

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1870-1876

  Lam, Po Mui ^a,b   Briton Jones, Christine ^b   Cheung, Che Kwok ^b   Lok, Ingrid Hung ^a   Yuen, Pong Mo ^a   Cheung, Lai Ping ^a   Haines, Christopher ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fallopian tubes; Growth factors; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFUNDIBULUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

ESTRADIOL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EUKARYOTA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0242600540     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.012674     Document Type: Article

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