Vascular endothelial growth factor system in the cow oviduct: A possible involvement in the regulation of oviductal motility and embryo transport

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 511-520

  Wijayagunawardane, Missaka P B ^a   Kodithuwakku, Suranga P ^a   Yamamoto, Dai ^b   Miyamoto, Akio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Cow; Endothelin 1; Oviduct; Prostaglandins; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E; PROSTAGLANDIN F; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GAMETE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 25444502088     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20379     Document Type: Article

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