The Effect of Immune Factors, Tumor Necrosis Factor- , and Agonistic Autoantibodies to the Angiotensin II Type I Receptor on Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine-1 and Soluble Endoglin Production in Response to Hypertension During Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Marc Parrish,
Sandra R. Murphy,
Sarah B. Rutland,
Kedra Wallace,
Katrin Wenzel,
Gerd Wallukat,
Sharon Keiser,
Lillian Ray,
Ralf Dechend,
James N. Martin,
Joey P. Granger,
Babbette LaMarca
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2010.70
Subject(s) - endocrinology , preeclampsia , medicine , angiotensin ii , tumor necrosis factor alpha , angiotensin ii receptor type 1 , autoantibody , cytokine , soluble fms like tyrosine kinase 1 , immune system , receptor , immunology , vascular endothelial growth factor , placental growth factor , antibody , biology , pregnancy , genetics , vegf receptors
Preeclampsia is considered a disease of immunological origin associated with abnormalities in inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and activated lymphocytes secreting autoantibodies to the angiotensin II receptor (AT1-AA). Recent studies have also demonstrated that an imbalance of angiogenic factors, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase (sFlt-1), and sEndoglin, exists in preeclampsia; however, the mechanisms that initiate their overproduction are unclear.
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