Evidence supporting a role for blockade of the vascular endothelial growth factor system in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia
Article Abstract:
A study is conducted to determine the association of preeclampsia with a change in the plasma concentration of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (sVEGFR-1), and whether this change is correlated with the severity of the disease. Results indicate that women with preeclampsia have a higher plasma concentration of sVEGFR-1 than normal pregnant women.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2004
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
A role for the novel cytokine RANTES in pregnancy and parturition
Article Abstract:
The concentration of a naturally occurring chemical in the body called RANTES appears to increase as a pregnant woman goes into labor and also during premature labor and infections in the uterus. RANTES is produced by T cells and interacts with other immune cells.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Evidence of a role for protein kinase C in epidermal growth factor-induced prostaglandin E2 synthesis in amnion cells
- Abstracts: Complexes of activated protein C with alpha 1-antitrypsin in normal pregnancy and in severe preeclampsia. Fibrinolytic parameters in normotensive pregnancy with intrauterine fetal growth retardation and in severe preeclampsia
- Abstracts: Prognostic Value of the Admission Electrocardiogram in Acute Coronary Syndromes. Risk Stratification and Therapeutic Decision Making in Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Abstracts: The impact of the use of the isolated echogenic intracardiac focus as a screen for Down syndrome in women under the age of 35 years
- Abstracts: A randomized trial of amnioreduction versus septostomy in the treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Amnioreduction versus septostomy in twin-twin transfusion syndrome