… mediate growth and permeability of the microvessels perfusing the placenta and fetal
membranes… , and placental cotyledon of the ovine fetus by use of Northern blotting and …

The present study investigated whether trophoblast, decidua and fetal membranes express
nerve growth factor (NGF) mRNA and peptide. Tissue specimens were collected in the first …

… study demonstrates that human fetal membranes bind 125I-epidermal growth factor (125I-…
concentrations of other unlabeled hormones and growth factors had minimal effects on125I-…

… The availability of growth factors to individual tissues may be due to local changes … growth
factor (F6 F) family are stored within basement membranes, while insulin—like growth factors (…

… growth factor (VEGF) in mediating angiogenesis and vascular permeability during development
in the sheep placenta and fetal membranes… immunohistochemistry in ovine fetuses at 62, …

… The localization I!f VEGF in fetal membranes and the fetal surface of the placenta raises
the possibility that VEGF may be involved in the reRtilation of amniotic fluid volume and …

… growth factor-binding protein-1 in vaginal secretions could be used in the diagnosis of fetal
membrane … 105) with complaints suspicious of membrane rupture between 24 and 42 weeks …

… fetal membrane rupture (ROM) in such clinical conditions. We have previously reported that
insulin-like growth factor binding … of serum levels in the detection of fetal membrane rupture. …

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) is a major protein in amniotic fluid. In
this study, we evaluated the diagnostic potential of IGFBP-1 measurement in cervical/vaginal …

… of premature or prelabor rupture of the fetal membranes. We searched the MEDLINE …
insulin like growth factor binding protein-1 in the diagnosis of ruptured fetal membranes. Eur …