Isolation and characterization of rat pituitary endothelial cells

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Chaturvedi, Kirti ^a   Sarkar, Dipak K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; CD31cell marker; Endothelial cells; Pituitary; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CD31 ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD31; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 33750916033     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096049     Document Type: Article

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