Placental growth factor deficiency is associated with impaired cerebral vascular development in mice

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 130-142

  Luna, Rayana Leal ^a,b   Kay, Vanessa R ^a   Rätsep, Matthew T ^a   Khalaj, Kasra ^a   Bidarimath, Mallikarjun ^a   Peterson, Nichole ^a   Carmeliet, Peter ^c   Jin, Albert ^a   Anne Croy, B ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebral vessels; Circle of Willis; Fetal development; PGF; Pre eclampsia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; PGF PROTEIN, HUMAN; PGF PROTEIN, MOUSE; PLACENTA PROTEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; HYPOPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLACENTA GROWTH FACTOR; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84961588716     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gav069     Document Type: Article

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