Characterization of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the uterine cervix over pregnancy: Effects of denervation and implications for cervical ripening

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1665-1674

  Mowa, Chishimba Nathan ^a   Jesmin, S ^b   Sakuma, I ^b   Usip, S ^a   Togashi, H ^b   Yoshioka, M ^b   Hattori, Y ^b   Papka, R ^a  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral pelvic neurectomy; Cervix; Pregnant rat; VEGF; VEGF signaling molecules

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE B; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DYSTOCIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; DENERVATION; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROCIRCULATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10044288339     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4A6455.2004     Document Type: Article

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