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University of Helsinki, Finland

Women with select pregnancy complications display alterations of angiogenesis factors

Published in Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, July 9th, 2006

Women with select pregnancy complications display alterations of angiogenesis factors.

According to a study from Finland, "Placental bed vascular function is compromised in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia (PE), intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), and maternal diabetes mellitus (DM). We performed an immunohistochemical analysis of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), its receptors (VEGFR)-1 and -2, and the Tie-1 and -2 receptors in cryostat tissue sections of the placental bed from healthy women (n=5) and women with PE (n=5), IUGR (n=5), and DM (n=5)."

"VEGF immunoreactivity was stable between the study groups. VEGFR-1...

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