Comparison of agouti-related peptide levels in peripheral blood of postpartum pre-eclamptic and non pre-eclamptic women and in umbilical cord blood from their pregnancies

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Authors	BIENERTOVÁ VAŠKŮ Julie BIENERT Petr TOMANDL Josef LIPKOVÁ Jolana ZLÁMAL Filip DOSTÁLOVÁ Zuzana VAŠKŮ Anna
Year of publication	2010
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Web	doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2010.06.003 \|
Field	Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords	agouti-related peptide; pre-eclampsia; pregnancy; umbilical cord blood; ELISA
Description	Plasma levels of agouti-related peptide (AgRP) were reported to continuously rise during ongoing pregnancy in rats. The aim of the study was to investigate the maternal pre-partum peripheral plasma levels of AgRP and levels in umbilical cord blood in pre-eclamptic and physiological pregnancies in humans.