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Fig. 8

From: Ovarian, uterine, and luteal vascular perfusions during follicular and luteal phases in the adult cyclic female rabbits with special orientation to their histological detection of hormone receptor

Fig. 8

Photomicrographs showing the immunoreactivity for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A) in the ovarian and uterine tissue sections of rabbits throughout the follicular and luteal phases .a & c sections of ovary in the follicular phase displaying positive VEGF-A expression in the (a) zona pellucida (arrows) and granulosa cells (arrowheads) of primary follicle (PYF) and secondary follicle (SF), (c) granulosa cells (GC) and theca cells (TC) of secondary follicle. b & d sections of ovary in the luteal phase demonstrating positive reactivity for VEGF-A in the (b) zona pellucida (ZP) and granulosa cells (GC) of primary follicle and (d) granulosa lutein cells (GL) and blood vessels (BV) of the corpora luteum. (e & f): section of uterus in the (e) follicular phase and (f) luteal phase revealing positive expression for VEGF-A in the luminal epithelium (E), endometrial glands (G), and blood vessels (BV). (All photos: X400, Scale bar = 50 μm, except photo no. a; X100, Scale bar = 200 μm)

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