Regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor-A and its soluble receptor sFlt-1 by luteinizing hormone in vivo: implication for ovarian follicle angiogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 922-926

  Gutman, Guy ^a,b   Barak, Vivian ^c   Maslovitz, Sharon ^a,b   Amit, Ami ^a,b   Lessing, Joseph B ^a,b   Geva, Eli ^a,b,d  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; LH; ovary; PlGF; VEGF A

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PLACEBO; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1;

EID: 41749096784     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.097     Document Type: Article

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