Slit2 overexpression results in increased microvessel density and lesion size in mice with induced endometriosis

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-298

  Guo, Sun Wei ^a   Zheng, Yu ^a   Lu, Yuan ^a   Liu, Xishi ^a   Geng, Jian Guo ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; endometriosis; hyperalgesia; microvessel density; Slit2; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

SLIT2 PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LESION SIZE; MICROVESSEL DENSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84874486673     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112452940     Document Type: Article

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