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Review
. 2023 Apr;90(4):201-217.
doi: 10.1002/mrd.23683. Epub 2023 Mar 26.

The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) system as a key regulator of ovarian follicle angiogenesis and growth

Adrian Guzmán  1 , Cyndi G Hernández-Coronado  1 , Carlos G Gutiérrez  2 , Ana M Rosales-Torres  1
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The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) system as a key regulator of ovarian follicle angiogenesis and growth

Adrian Guzmán et al. Mol Reprod Dev. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

The vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGFA) system is a complex set of proteins, with multiple isoforms and receptors, including both angiogenic (VEGFxxx, VEGFR2) and antiangiogenic members (VEGFxxxb, VEGFR1 and soluble forms of VEGFR). The members of the VEGF system affect the proliferation, survival, and migration of endothelial and nonendothelial cells and are involved in the regulation of follicular angiogenesis and development. The production of VEGF by secondary follicles stimulates preantral follicular development by directly affecting follicular cells and promoting the acquisition of the follicular vasculature and downstream antrum formation. Additionally, the pattern of expression of the components of the VEGF system may provide a proangiogenic milieu capable of triggering angiogenesis and stimulating follicular cells to promote antral follicle growth, whereas, during atresia, this milieu becomes antiangiogenic and blocks follicular development.

Keywords: VEGF system; angiogenesis; ovarian follicle.

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