Emerging roles of immune cells in luteal angiogenesis

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-361

  Shirasuna, Koumei ^a,b   Shimizu, Takashi ^a   Matsui, Motozumi ^a   Miyamoto, Akio ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

corpus luteum development; lymphangiogenesis; macrophages; neutrophils.

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUTEOLYSIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MACROPHAGE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VESSEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MACROPHAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUTROPHILS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 84873849538     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12096     Document Type: Review

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