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Antiangiogenic agents disrupt ovarian function in non-human primates

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 16th, 2005

Antiangiogenic agents disrupt ovarian function in non-human primates.

"To determine if antiangiogenic agents disrupt primate ovarian function, vehicle or a general angiostatic compound (TNP-470), specific antagonists of vascular endothelial growth factor (soluble VEGF receptor-1, sVEGFR-1; anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody, VEGF Ab) and/or an angiopoietin antagonist (Ang-2) were administered to rhesus monkeys: (1) locally via injection into the preovulatory follicle at midcycle or the developing corpus luteum at the midluteal phase; or (2) systemically via subcutaneous injection in the early follicular phase or at midcycle during the natural menstrual cycle," scientists...

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