The periphery of the human fetal adrenal gland is a site of angiogenesis: Zonal differential expression and regulation of angiogenic factors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2402-2408

  Ishimoto, Hitoshi ^a,b   Minegishi, Kazuhiro ^a   Higuchi, Takayuki ^a   Furuya, Masataka ^a   Asai, Satoshi ^a   Seon, Hye Kim ^a   Tanaka, Mamoru ^a   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^a   Jaffe, Robert B ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 45149105766     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-2509     Document Type: Article

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