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. 2007 May;71(10):959-61.
doi: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002281.

Placental ischemia and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1: cause or consequence of preeclampsia?

S A Karumanchi  1 , F H Epstein
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Placental ischemia and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1: cause or consequence of preeclampsia?

S A Karumanchi et al. Kidney Int. 2007 May.
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Abstract

Elevated circulating soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFLT-1) is associated with the development of the clinical signs and symptoms of preeclampsia. Placental ischemia has been suggested as one of the etiological factors that mediate increased sFLT-1 production in patients with preeclampsia, but definitive evidence for this hypothesis was lacking. Makris et al. demonstrate that inducing placental ischemia in primates is sufficient to induce sFLT-1 upregulation and the clinical signs and symptoms of preeclampsia.

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