The effects of levonorgestrel implants on vascular endothelial growth factor expression in the endometrium

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1989 • 4,988 citations

Abnormal blood vessel development and lethality in embryos lacking a single VEGF allele

1996 • 4,143 citations

Heterozygous embryonic lethality induced by targeted inactivation of the VEGF gene

1996 • 3,664 citations

Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor-induced angiogenesis suppresses tumour growth in vivo

1993 • 3,605 citations

The fms -Like Tyrosine Kinase, a Receptor for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

1992 • 2,042 citations

Identification of the KDR tyrosine kinase as a receptor for vascular endothelial cell growth factor

1992 • 1,528 citations

The Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Family: Identification of a Fourth Molecular Species and Characterization of Alternative Splicing of RNA

1991 • 1,375 citations

Isolation of a human placenta cDNA coding for a protein related to the vascular permeability factor.

1991 • 999 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor B, a novel growth factor for endothelial cells.

1996 • 788 citations

Ovarian steroid regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor in the human endometrium: implications for angiogenesis during the menstrual cycle and in the pathogenesis of endometriosis.

1996 • 623 citations

Hypoxia Induces Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Cultured Human Endothelial Cells

1995 • 487 citations

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1993 • 460 citations

Identification and Localization of Alternately Spliced mRNAs for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Human Uterus and Estrogen Regulation in Endometrial Carcinoma Cell Lines1

1993 • 453 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor-related protein: a ligand and specific activator of the tyrosine kinase receptor Flt4.

1996 • 406 citations

Molecular Cloning of a Novel Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, VEGF-D

1997 • 305 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Expression in Human Prostate Cancer: In Situ and in Vitro Expression of VEGF by Human Prostate Cancer Cells

1997 • 286 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in cycling human endometrium

1996 • 234 citations

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone/Chorionic Gonadotropin Stimulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Production by Macaque Granulosa Cells from Pre- and Periovulatory Follicles1

1997 • 163 citations

Contraception: Endometrial microvascular density during the normal menstrual cycle and following exposure to long-term levonorgestrel

1993 • 154 citations

Immunolocalisation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Human Endometrium

1994 • 110 citations

Localization and quantification of vascular endothelial growth factor messenger ribonucleic acid in human myometrium and leiomyomata.

1995 • 82 citations

Endocrinology: Immunohistochemical sex steroid receptor distribution in endometrium from long-term subdermal levonorgestrel users and during the normal menstrual cycle

1993 • 73 citations

Mechanism of action of levonorgestrel: In vitro metabolism and specific interactions with steroid receptors in target organs

1992 • 61 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor and the endometrium

1996 • 59 citations

Ovulatory dysfunction during continuous administration of low-dose levonorgestrel by subdermal implants

1991 • 45 citations

Contraception: Endometrial endotheial cell proliferation in long-term users of subdermal levonorgestrel

1994 • 45 citations

Endometrial vasculature in Norplant(R) users

1996 • 44 citations

A novel regulatory function of proteolytically cleaved VEGF‐2 for vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells

1997 • 24 citations