Seminal plasma affects prostaglandin synthesis and angiogenesis in the porcine uterus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kaczmarek, Monika M ^a   Krawczynski, Kamil ^a   Filant, Justyna ^a,b  

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

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endometrium; Prostaglandins; Seminal plasma; Sus scrofa; Uterus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GILT (SWINE); IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL PLASMA; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS HORN; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSTAGLANDINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84877014722     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.103564     Document Type: Article

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