Cytokines and Angiogenesis in the Corpus Luteum

Figure 1

Figure adapted and modified from Galvão et al. [84]. (a) Bovine aortic endothelial cell (BAEC) proliferation rate, after incubation with conditioned media from luteal cells obtained from early CL (cytokines treatment for 24 h). (b) Relative quantification of VEGF, VEGFR2, TSP1, and CD36 mRNA transcription by real time PCR in early CL luteal cells (cytokines treatment for 24 h). Transcription normalized with the housekeeping gene—B2MG. Bars represent mean ± SEM. Asterisks indicate significant differences (^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001), regarding the control values.

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