...- and macrovascular bed of either endocrine and non-endocrine organs. Methods: We studied here PRL-R expression in organs [bovine corpus luteum (CL), umbilical vein, aorta] and in organ-derived EC cultures. Results: In the intact CL, both PRL-R forms were present at mRNA and protein level throughout the oestrous...

...I. Lehmann; E. Brylla; D. Sittig; K. Spanel-Borowski; G. Aust We recently located a rare cytokeratin-positive (CK+) type of microvascular endothelial cell (MVEC) in the corpus luteum and aorta. Bovine corpus luteum MVEC are known to be involved in the cyclic accumulation of eosinophils...