title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, Czech Republic. jbienert@med.muni.cz
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bienertova-Vasku
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bienert
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomandl
authors.forename: Jolana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipkova
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zlamal
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dostalova
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasku
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D054369:Agouti-Related Protein