Effect of estrogen on the blood supply of pituitary autografts in rats

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-244

  Lombardero, Matilde ^a,c   Quintanar Stephano, Andres ^b   Vidal, Sergio ^a,c   Horvath, Eva ^c   Kovacs, Kalman ^c   Lloyd, Ricardo V ^d   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Estrogens; Flk 1; Hypoxiainducible factor 1 ; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary transplantation; Ultrastructure; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ESTROGEN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; PROLACTIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTRADIOL; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

RATTUS;

EID: 59149102205     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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