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To evaluate extracellular matrix composition and microvascular cell dynamics during post-ovulatory angiogenesis in the bovine corpus luteum.

June 1, 1999Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Angiogenesis in the Bovine Corpus Luteum: An Immunocytochemical and Ultrastructural Study*

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To evaluate extracellular matrix composition and microvascular cell dynamics during post-ovulatory angiogenesis in the bovine corpus luteum.
Examined bovine corpus luteum tissue samples immediately following ovulation.
Performed immunohistochemical analyses to monitor the expression and localization of fibronectin, type IV collagen, and laminin across capillary maturation stages.
Used transmission electron microscopy to evaluate cellular ultrastructure, sprout tip morphology, and lumen formation.
Early capillary sprouts displayed a fibrillary network of fibronectin with weak type IV collagen and patchy laminin, transitioning into distinct, continuous basal lamina deposits around mature vessels.
Slender, bipolar pericytes with fragmented basal lamina consistently migrated at the leading tips of endothelial sprouts, forming slit-like lumens via intercellular canalization.

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Ultrastructural study demonstrates that migrating pericytes lead endothelial sprouting in bovine corpus luteum, suggesting a primary guiding role in ovarian neovascularization.

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Amselgruber et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9e774b2b6008fc5540ce13 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0264.1999.00195.x

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Ultrastructural study demonstrates that migrating pericytes lead endothelial sprouting in bovine corpus luteum, suggesting a primary guiding role in ovarian neovascularization.

Angiogenesis in the Bovine Corpus Luteum: An Immunocytochemical and Ultrastructural Study*

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Angiogenesis in the Bovine Corpus Luteum: An Immunocytochemical and Ultrastructural Study*

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