Molitoris KH

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus

2009

Estrogen rapidly activates the PI3K/AKT pathway and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 and induces vascular endothelial growth factor A expression in luminal epithelial cells of the rat uterus.

Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1095/biolreprod.109.076117

We have previously shown that 17beta-estradiol (E(2)) increases vascular endothelial growth factor A (Vegfa) gene expression in the rat uterus, resulting in increased microvascular permeability, and that this involves the simultaneous recru…