Gene expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A in the pituitary during formation of the vascular system in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis of the rat

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-95

  Nakakura, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Mayumi ^a   Dohra, Hideo ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

In situ RT PCR; Pituitary gland; Portal vessels; Rat (Wistar); VEGF A

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GELATIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644633450     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0115-y     Document Type: Article

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