Nitric oxide stimulates progesterone and prostaglandin E2 secretion as well as angiogenic activity in the equine corpus luteum

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Ferreira Dias, G ^a   Costa, A S ^a   Mateus, L ^a   Korzekwa, A J ^b   Galvao A ^a,b   Redmer, D A ^c   Lukasik, K ^b   Szostek A Z ^b   Woclawek Potocka, I ^b   Skarzynski, D J ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Corpus luteum; Nitric oxide; Progesterone; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROSTONE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HORSES; LUTEAL CELLS; LUTEAL PHASE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PROGESTERONE;

BOVINAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 78649450111     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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