Epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor-α, and epidermal growth factor receptor expression and localization in the canine endometrium during the estrous cycle and in bitches with pyometra

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-47

  Kida, K ^a   Maezono, Y ^a   Kawate, N ^a   Inaba, T ^a   Hatoya, S ^a   Tamada, H ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

EGF; EGF R; Pyometra; TGF ; Uterus

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PYOMETRA;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PYOMETRA; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70450265356     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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