Local over-expression of VEGF-DΔNΔCin the uterine arteries of pregnant sheep results in long-term changes in uterine artery contractility and angiogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Mehta, Vedanta ^a   Abi Nader, Khalil N ^a   Shangaris, Panicos ^a   Shaw, S W Steven ^a   Filippi, Elisa ^a   Benjamin, Elizabeth ^a   Boyd, Michael ^b   Peebles, Donald M ^a   Martin, John ^a   Zachary, Ian ^a   David, Anna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN D;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; UPREGULATION; UTERINE ARTERY; VASODILATATION; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; INDWELLING CATHETER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR D; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84903642414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100021     Document Type: Article

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