Preeclampsia is a complex cardiovascular disorder of pregnancy with underlying
multifactorial pathogeneses; however, its etiology is not fully understood. It is characterized …

Preeclampsia is a complex clinical syndrome, with hypertension representing but one
manifestation. We propose that pathogenetically important events in the development of …

Preeclampsia is characterized by an imbalance between two cyclooxygenase metabolites of
arachidonic acid, thromboxane and prostacyclin, that favors thromboxane. Because of the …

The intimate association between maternal and placental tissues elicits an interesting
immunological paradox. Placental tissue contains paternal antigens, but under normal …

Since the 1970s, we have known that aspirin can reduce the risk of pre‐eclampsia.
However, the underlying mechanisms explaining this risk reduction are poorly understood …

Serum CA 125 levels were evaluated in 44 patients undergoing 56 second-look or
subsequent laparoscopies (43) and laparotomies (13) for ovarian cancer. In each patient …

Renal hemodynamics increase dramatically during pregnancy, and pressor responsiveness
to exogenous administration of vasoconstrictors is attenuated. We investigated whether or …

Serine proteases, both soluble and cell-attached, can activate the epithelial sodium channel
(ENaC) proteolytically through release of a putative 43-mer inhibitory tract from the …

The mineralocorticoid aldosterone increases in plasma in healthy pregnancy along with
renin and angiotensin II and plays a key role in the physiological plasma volume expansion …

In nephrotic syndrome, plasminogen is aberrantly filtered from plasma to the urinary space
and activated along the tubular system. In vitro, plasmin increases ENaC current by …