Pre-eclampsia: A mistake of trophoblastic cells for tumour cells?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-126

  Brown, D W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; INTEGRIN;

CELL DAMAGE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY INJURY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; TROPHOBLAST; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0032830210     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0729     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Taylor R. N. Review: immunobiology of pre-eclampsia. Am J Reprod Immunol. 37:1997;79-86.
2. Brown M. A. The physiology of pre-eclampsia. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 22:1995;781-791.
3. Lyall F., Greer I. A. Pre-eclampsia: a multifaceted vascular disorder of pregnancy. J Hypertens. 12:1994;1339-1345.
4. Haller H. Hypertension, the endothelium and the pathogenesis of chronic vascular disease. Kidney Blood Press Res. 19:1996;166-171.
5. Genbacev O., Zhou Y., Ludlow J., Fisher S. J. Regulation of human placental development by oxygen tension. Science. 277:1997;1669-1672.
6. Zhou Y., Fisher S. J., Janatpour M. Human cytotrophoblasts adopt a vascular phenotype as they differentiate. J Clin Invest. 99:1997;2139-2151.
7. Zhou Y., Damsky C. H., Fisher S. J. Pre-eclampsia is associated with failure of human cytotrophoblasts to mimic a vascular adhesion phenotype. J Clin Invest. 99:1997;2152-2165.
8. Metcalfe A., Streuli C. Epithelial apoptosis. Bioessays. 19:1997;711-720.
9. Meredith J. E., Scwartz M. A. Integrins, adhesion and apoptosis. Trends Cell Biol. 7:1997;146-150.
10. Mantovani A., Bussolino F., Introna M. Cytokine regulation of endothelial cell function: from molecular levels to the bedside. Immunol Today. 18:1997;231-240.
11. Ness R. B., Roberts J. M. Heterogeneous causes constituting the single syndrome of pre-eclampsia: a hypothesis and its implications. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 175:1996;1365-1370.
12. Morris N. H., Eaton B. M., Dekker G. Nitric oxide, the endothelium, pregnancy and pre-eclampsia. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 103:1996;4-15.
13. Galle J. Impact of nitric oxide on renal hemodynamics and glomerular function: modulation by atherogenic lipoproteins. Kidney Blood Press Res. 19:1996;2-15.
14. Sohda S., Arinami T., Hamada H., Yamada N., Hamaguchi H., Kubo T. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism and pre-eclampsia. J Med Genet. 34:1997;525-526.