Regulated expression of the Renin-Angiotensin-System in human granulosa lutein cells: Angiotensin II increases VEGF expression but its synthesis is reduced by hCG

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-416

  Herr, Daniel ^a   Duncan, W Colin ^b   Hack, Gerda ^a   Konrad, Regina ^a   Kreienberg, Rolf ^a   Wulff, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angiotensin II; Corpus luteum; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CANDESARTAN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; RENIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77950626801     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1135-8     Document Type: Article

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