Immunohistochemical localization of VEGF and its receptors in the corpus luteum of the bitch during diestrus and anestrus

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1715-1720

  Mariani, Tatiana C ^a   Prado, Carolina do ^a   Silva, Liège G ^a   Paarmann, Fábio A ^a   Lima, Marcelo C ^a   Carvalho, Ivana ^a   Campos, Danila B ^a   Artoni, Laura P ^a   Hernandez Blazquez, Francisco J ^a   Papa, Paula C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bitch; CL; VEGF system

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; DOG; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; DOGS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROGESTERONE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748742636     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.02.030     Document Type: Article

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