Cytokine secretion by decidual lymphocytes in transient hypertension of pregnancy and pre-eclampsia

Cytokine secretion by decidual lymphocytes in transient hypertension of pregnancy and pre-eclampsia

Background: Transient hypertension (TH) and pre-eclampsia (PE) are believed to have different patho-physiology. However, 15-25% of pregnant women initially diagnosed as having TH develop PE. To clarify the immuno-pathogenetical connections between the two syndromes, we studied the pattern of T helpe...

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Main Authors: Jacek R. Wilczyński, Henryk Tchórzewski, Ewa Głowacka, Małgorzata Banasik, Przemyslaw Lewkowicz, Marian Szpakowski, Krzysztof Zeman, Jan Wilczyński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2002-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09629350220131962
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Summary:Background: Transient hypertension (TH) and pre-eclampsia (PE) are believed to have different patho-physiology. However, 15-25% of pregnant women initially diagnosed as having TH develop PE. To clarify the immuno-pathogenetical connections between the two syndromes, we studied the pattern of T helper cell (Th)1/Th2 cytokine balance disturbances existing inside maternal decidua in normal pregnancy (NP) and pregnancies complicated with TH and PE.
ISSN:0962-9351
1466-1861

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