Localization of angiotensin II, the AT1 receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme, aminopeptidase A, adipocyte-derived leucine aminopeptidase, and vascular endothelial growth factor in the human ovary throughout the menstrual cycle

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-439

  Harata, Toko ^a   Ando, Hisao ^a   Iwase, Akira ^a   Nagasaka, Tetsuro ^b   Mizutani, Shigehiko ^a   Kikkawa, Fumitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipocyte derived leucine aminopeptidase (ER aminopeptidase 1); aminopeptidase A; angiotensin converting enzyme; angiotensin II; AT1 receptor; corpus luteum; immunohistochemistry; ovary; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THECA CELL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANGIOTENSIN II; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33746380289     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.01.041     Document Type: Article

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