Human chorionic gonadotropin increases serum progesterone, number of corpora lutea and angiogenic factors in pregnant sheep

Reproduction

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-52

  Coleson, Megan P T ^a   Sanchez, Nicole S ^a   Ashley, Amanda K ^a   Ross, Timothy T ^a   Ashley, Ryan L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; 3 BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID OXIDOREDUCTASE-DELTA(5) 3-KETOSTEROID ISOMERASE; 3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EWE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; RECEPTORS, LH; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; SHEEP; STEROID ISOMERASES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84936757968     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-14-0632     Document Type: Article

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