title: Vascular endothelial growth factor plays more than an angiogenic role in the female reproductive system.
abstract: Although the most well-known function of vascular endothelial growth factor is its angiogenic activity, it plays more than a simple angiogenic role in the female reproductive system as it is involved in a number of key events in the course of the ovulatory cycle. The modulation of vascular endothelial growth factor expression varies in different reproductive tissues, probably related to its various functions at these different sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China. lampomui@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Po Mui
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haines
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A