Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor in goat ovaries and improvement of in vitro caprine preantral follicle survival and growth with VEGF

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 679-687

  Bruno, J B ^a   Celestino, J J H ^a   Lima Verde, I B ^a   Lima, L F ^a   Matos, M H T ^a   Arajo, V R ^a   Saraiva, M V A ^a   Martins, F S ^a   Name, K P O ^b   Campello, C C ^a   Bo, S N ^b   Silva, J R V ^c   Figueiredo, J R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culture

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GOAT; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GOATS; GRANULOSA CELLS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 67649713466     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08181     Document Type: Article

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