The balance between human maternal plasma angiotensin II and angiotensin 1-7 levels in early gestation pregnancy is influenced by fetal sex

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 523-531

  Sykes, Shane D ^a,b   Pringle, Kirsty G ^a   Zhou, Ang ^b   Dekker, Gustaaf A ^b,c   Roberts, Claire T ^b   Lumbers, Eugenie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

angiotensin peptides; angiotensin converting enzyme; Pregnancy; prorenin; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PRORENIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN I (1-7); C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS REACTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL SEX; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GENDER IDENTITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL PLASMA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; BLOOD; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PREGNANCY; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84918562634     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: 17528976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470320313477174     Document Type: Article

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