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REPRODUCTION
Volume 121, Issue 3, Pages 355-362Publisher
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1210355
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Intense physiological angiogenesis occurs during the early stages of luteal development, providing a model in which the complex processes regulating the angiogenic pathway may be studied. Here, a working hypothesis is presented to explain the diverse changes in the vasculature of the corpus luteum that occur over a short period, based around changes in vascular endothelial growth factor, the angiopoietins and matrix metalloproteinases. An illustration is given of how angiogenesis can be monitored in a primate model and how the role of individual angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor may be explored in vivo. Because of the marked effect of inhibition of angiogenesis on luteal function, it is predicted that the normal processes of follicular development, ovulation and luteal function could all be profoundly influenced by the manipulation of angiogenesis.
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