High-dose vascular endothelial growth factor increases surfactant protein gene expressions in preterm rat lung

Early Human Development

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 581-584

  Chen, Chung Ming ^a   Wang, Leng Fang ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Surfactant proteins; ; Surfactant; ; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; VASCULOTROPIN;

AMNION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; RAT; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LUNG; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34548490768     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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