Expression and regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor ligands and receptors during menstruation and post-menstrual repair of human endometrium

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 367-375

  Punyadeera, Chamindie ^a,b   Thijssen, V L ^a   Tchaikovski, S ^a   Kamps, R ^a   Delvoux, B ^a   Dunselman, G A J ^a   de Goeij, A F P M ^a   Griffioen, A W ^a   Groothuis, P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; ECM; Estrogen; Gene expression profiling; Human endometrium; Hypoxia; Menstrual cycle; Neuropilin; VEGF and VEGF receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPILIN 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STROMA CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPILIN-1; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 33745595866     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal027     Document Type: Article

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