Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure (RUPP) Model of Preeclampsia in Mice.

Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-induced hypertension with proteinuria that typically develops after 20 weeks of gestation. A reduction in uterine blood flow causes placental ischemia and placental release of anti-angiogenic factors such as sFlt-1 followed by PE. Although the reduced uterine perfusi...

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Main Authors: Tomofumi Fushima, Akiyo Sekimoto, Takahiro Minato, Takuya Ito, Yuji Oe, Kiyomi Kisu, Emiko Sato, Kenichi Funamoto, Toshiyuki Hayase, Yoshitaka Kimura, Sadayoshi Ito, Hiroshi Sato, Nobuyuki Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4871336?pdf=render