Vascular contributions to early ovarian development: Potential roles of VEGFA isoforms

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 333-342

  McFee, Renee M ^a   Cupp, Andrea S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

follicle; ovary; vasculature.

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEMANGIOBLAST; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MESONEPHROS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVARY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84873820517     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12134     Document Type: Review

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