Hypertension in response to IL-6 during pregnancy: Role of AT1-receptor activation

International Journal of Interferon, Cytokine and Mediator Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-70

  LaMarca, Babbette ^a   Speed, Joshua ^a   Ray, Lillian Fournier ^a   Cockrell, Kathy ^a   Wallukat, Gerd ^b   Dechend, Ralf ^b   Granger, Joey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hypertension; Inflammation; Pregnancy; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOSARTAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 84930481054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1179139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJICMR.S22329     Document Type: Article

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