Prenatal administration of vitamin A alters pulmonary and plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in the developing mouse

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 393-401

  Pinto, Maria De Lurdes ^a,b,c   Rodrigues, Paula ^a,c   Coelho, Ana Cláudia ^a   Pires, Maria Dos Anjos ^a   Santos, Dario Loureiro Dos ^b   Gonçalves, Carlos ^c   Bairos, Vasco António ^c  

^a Ctr for Studies on Agric/Vet Sci   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Foetal development; Lung; Plasma; VEGF; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 36448967199     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2007.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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