Placental development during early pregnancy in sheep: Effects of embryo origin on vascularization

Reproduction

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 639-648

  Grazul Bilska, Anna T ^a   Johnson, Mary Lynn ^a   Borowicz, Pawel P ^a   Bilski, Jerzy J ^a   Cymbaluk, Taylor ^a   Norberg, Spencer ^a   Redmer, Dale A ^a   Reynolds, Lawrence P ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; PLACENTA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND PLACENTAL STRUCTURES; EWE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MEMBRANE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; IN VITRO ACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL CARUNCLE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899002294     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0663     Document Type: Article

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