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1995 • 7,717 citations

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1997 • 4,359 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors

1999 • 3,498 citations

Vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor, microvascular hyperpermeability, and angiogenesis.

1995 • 3,139 citations

Increased microvascular permeability and endothelial fenestration induced by vascular endothelial growth factor

1995 • 1,026 citations

Angiogenesis and Tumor Metastasis

1998 • 1,013 citations

Heparin Affinity: Purification of a Tumor-Derived Capillary Endothelial Cell Growth Factor

1984 • 937 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

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor: Molecular and Biological Aspects

1999 • 542 citations

Patterns of expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors in mice suggest a role in hormonally regulated angiogenesis.

1993 • 534 citations

Synergistic effects of vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor on the proliferation and cord formation of bovine capillary endothelial cells within collagen gels.

1993 • 463 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/vascular permeability factor expression in the rat uterus: rapid stimulation by estrogen correlates with estrogen-induced increases in uterine capillary permeability and growth.

1993 • 437 citations

Signal transduction by fibroblast growth factor receptors

1999 • 419 citations

Angiogenesis in female reproductive system

2001 • 338 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor in human glioma cell lines: induced secretion by EGF, PDGF-BB, and bFGF

1995 • 277 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 • 264 citations

Colocalisation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Flt-1 Receptor in Human Placenta

1995 • 254 citations

Sex Steroids and Growth Factors Differentially Regulate the Growth and Differentiation of Cultured Human Endometrial Stromal Cells*

1991 • 222 citations

Angiogenesis, vascular endothelial growth factor and the endometrium

1998 • 216 citations

Reciprocal paracrine interactions between tumour cells and endothelial cells: the ‘angiogenesis progression’ hypothesis

1996 • 212 citations

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1997 • 187 citations

Uterine expression of vascular endothelial growth factor is increased by estradiol and tamoxifen.

1996 • 180 citations

Structure, Expression and Receptor-Binding Properties of Novel Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors

1999 • 170 citations

Differential expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor mRNAs in the mouse uterus around the time of implantation

1995 • 166 citations

Progestin regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor in human breast cancer cells.

1998 • 153 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor in primate endometrium is regulated by oestrogen-receptor and progesterone-receptor ligands in vivo

1997 • 137 citations

Uterine smooth muscle cells express functional receptors (flt-1 and KDR) for vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor.

1997 • 132 citations

Localization of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor, flt, in human placenta and decidua by immunohistochemistry

1995 • 127 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Stimulates Proliferation but Not Migration or Invasiveness in Human Extravillous Trophoblast1

1998 • 122 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors in normal human endometrium and endometriosis and the detection of their mRNA by polymerase chain reaction

1993 • 118 citations

Polypeptide growth factors in uterine tissues and secretions

1989 • 117 citations

Angiogenesis in Malignancies of the Female Genital Tract

1999 • 103 citations

Fibroblast growth factors as angiogenesis factors: New insights into their mechanism of action

1997 • 88 citations

Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and VEGF-Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acids in the Peri-Implantation Rabbit Uterus1

1997 • 85 citations

Sex hormones modulate the synthesis of basic fibroblast growth factor in human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells: Implications for the neovascularization of normal and neoplastic endometrium

1988 • 84 citations

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

1995 • 82 citations

Expression of the fibroblast growth factor receptor in women with leiomyomas and abnormal uterine bleeding

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Accessory reproductive organs in mammals: control of cell and tissue transport by sex hormones.

1975 • 77 citations

Selective inhibition of estrogen-regulated gene expression in vivo by the pure antiestrogen ICI 182,780.

1997 • 76 citations

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1998 • 72 citations

Validation of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) antibodies for immunohistochemical localization of VEGF in tissue sections: expression of VEGF in the human endometrium

1998 • 71 citations

Fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 is a critical component for endometrial remodeling: localization and expression of basic fibroblast growth factor and FGF-R1 in human endometrium during the menstrual cycle and decreased FGF-R1 expression in menorrhagia.

1997 • 61 citations

Embryonic Modulation of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in the Rat Uterus1

1993 • 55 citations

Inhibition of progesterone receptor function results in loss of basic fibroblast growth factor expression and stromal cell proliferation during uterine remodelling in the pregnant rat

1994 • 49 citations

Immunolocalization of Acidic and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factors in Porcine Uterine and Conceptus Tissues1

1997 • 48 citations

Developmental expression and regulation of basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor in rat decidua and in a decidual cell line

1998 • 47 citations

Oestrogen and progesterone control basic fibroblast growth factor mRNA in the rat uterus

1997 • 46 citations

Differential expression and selective localization of vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor in the rat uterus during the estrous cycle

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Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Ovulatory Cycle and Postmenopausal Human Endometrium

1990 • 41 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of basic fibroblast growth factor within the mouse uterus

1992 • 36 citations

Ovarian Steroids Regulate the Expression of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and its mRNA in Fibroblasts Derived from Uterine Endometrium

1997 • 32 citations

Expression of messenger ribonucleic acids encoding for basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and alternatively spliced FGF receptor in human fetal ovary and uterus.

1993 • 26 citations

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

1995 • 24 citations

Estro-Progestinic Replacement Therapy Modulates the Levels of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) in Postmenopausal Endometrium

1993 • 24 citations

Fibroblast Growth Factors 1 and 2 in the Primate Uterus

1998 • 23 citations

The Immunolocalization of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in the Mouse Uterus During the Initial Stages of Embryo Implantation

1994 • 23 citations

Alternative splicing and differential targeting of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 in the pregnant rat uterus.

1995 • 23 citations

Angiogenesis

1997 • 22 citations

Characterization of heparin-binding endothelial mitogen(s) produced by the ovine endometrium during early pregnancy

1998 • 18 citations

Enhancement of Growth-Promoting Activity in Extract from Uterine Cancers by Protein Kinase C in Human Endometrial Fibroblasts

1992 • 11 citations