Inhibition of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Signal Transduction Blocks Follicle Progression but Does Not Necessarily Disrupt Vascular Development in Perinatal Rat Ovaries1
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- 1 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 81 (5) , 966-977
Abstract
We hypothesized that vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) angiogenic isoforms and their receptors, FLT1 and KDR, regulate follicular progressiKeywords
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