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Full-length human placental sFlt-1-e15a isoform induces distinct maternal phenotypes of preeclampsia in mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Szalai Gabor, Romero Roberto, Chaiworapongsa Tinnakorn, Xu Yi, Wang Bing, Ahn Hyunyoung, Xu Zhonghui, Chiang Po Jen, Sundell Birgitta, Wang Rona, Jiang Yang, Plazyo Olesya, Olive Mary, Tarca Adi L, Dong Zhong, Qureshi Faisal, Papp Zoltan, Hassan Sonia S, Hernandez-Andrade Edgar, Than Nandor Gabor
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Most anti-angiogenic preeclampsia models in rodents utilized the overexpression of a truncated soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) not expressed in any species. Other limitations of mouse preeclampsia models included stressful blood pressure measurements and the lack of postpartum monitoring. We aimed to 1) develop a mouse model of preeclampsia by administering the most abundant human placental...
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