Comparison of agouti-related peptide levels in peripheral blood of postpartum pre-eclamptic and non pre-eclamptic women and in umbilical cord blood from their pregnancies.
Plasma levels of agouti-related peptide (AgRP) were reported to continuously rise during ongoing pregnancy in rats. The aim of the study was to investigate the maternal pre-partum peripheral plasma levels of AgRP and levels in umbilical cord blood in pre-eclamptic and physiological pregnancies in humans.
Bienertova-Vasku
Julie
J
Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, Czech Republic. jbienert@med.muni.cz
Bienert
Petr
P
Tomandl
Josef
J
Lipkova
Jolana
J
Zlamal
Filip
F
Dostalova
Zuzana
Z
Vasku
Anna
A
D000328:Adult; D054369:Agouti-Related Protein / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000097:blood*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy
D054369:Agouti-Related Protein