KDR-LacZ-expressing cells are involved in ovarian and testis-specific vascular development, suggesting a role for VEGFA in the regulation of this vasculature

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 342, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-130

  Bott, Rebecca C ^a   Clopton, Debra T ^a   Fuller, Anna M ^a   McFee, Ryann M ^a   Lu, Ningxia ^a   McFee, Renee M ^a   Cupp, Andrea S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal development; Mouse; Ovary; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CD31 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDH5; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESONEPHROS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

MUS;

EID: 77957721148     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1038-9     Document Type: Article

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