Vascular endothelial growth factor A and its two receptors in human preantral follicles from fetuses, girls, and women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2337-2347

  Abir, Ronit ^a,b   Ao, Asangla ^c,d   Zhang, Xiao Yun ^c   Garor, Roni ^a,b   Nitke, Shmuel ^b   Fisch, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Primordial follicles; RT PCR; VEGF A receptors

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN A121; VASCULOTROPIN A165; VASCULOTROPIN A189; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STROMA CELL; ADOLESCENT; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952570207     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.111     Document Type: Article

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