Relaxin-induced angiogenesis in ovary contributes to follicle development

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1041, Issue , 2005, Pages 144-146

  Shirota, Kyoko ^a   Tateishi, Kayoko ^a,b   Emoto, Makoto ^c   Hachisuga, Toru ^a   Kuroki, Masahide ^a   Kawarabayashi, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Follicle; LGR7; Ovary; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LGR7 RECEPTOR; RELAXIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 23644457492     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1282.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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