Effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) on blood vessels area and expression of the angiogenic factors VEGF and TGFbeta 1 in the rat ovary

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Julio Pieper, Marcela ^a,b   Lara, Hernán E ^b   Bravo, Javier A ^b   Romero, Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DENERVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD VESSELS; DENERVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

RODENTIA;

EID: 34547648097     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-4-57     Document Type: Article

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