[Activated macrophages in the pathologic mechanism of pregnancy-induced hypertension].
Patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy demonstrated higher neopterin/creatinine ratios (urine) and elevated plasma levels of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha and neopterin. A participation of macrophages in the pathomechanism of preeclampsia can thus be assumed.
Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Innsbruck, Osterreich.
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D000328:Adult; D001708:Biopterins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000276:immunology*; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000276:immunology*; D019798:Neopterin; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000276:immunology*
D016207:Cytokines; D001708:Biopterins; D019798:Neopterin
Aktivierte Makrophagen im Pathomechanismus schwangerschafts-induzierter Hochdruckerkrankungen.