Microvascularization and angiogenic activity of equine corpora lutea throughout the estrous cycle

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-259

  Ferreira Dias, G ^a   Bravo, P Pinto ^b   Mateus, L ^a   Redmer, D A ^c   Medeiros, J A ^d  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Corpus luteum; Mare; Mitogenic factors; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; EQUIDAE;

DNA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROTEIN; RNA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORSE; MICROCIRCULATION; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CORPUS LUTEUM; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; DNA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORSES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICROCIRCULATION; MITOSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33744966847     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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