Role of hemeoxygenase‐2 in pregnancy‐induced hypertension
Role of hemeoxygenase‐2 in pregnancy‐induced hypertension
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血红素加氧酶-2在妊娠高血压综合征中的作用
DOI:
10.1016/s0020-7292(03)00196-6
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
H. Chen
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作者:
D. Shrestha Dangol;H. Chen
We conducted this study to observe the level of hemeoxygenase-2 (HO-2) expression in placentas of 56 term pregnant women, 42 with a diagnosis of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and 14 normal pregnancies by using immunohistochemistry and a high resolution pathological image analysis system (HPIAS-1000). ANOVA and the post-hoc test (Tukey) were used for statistical analysis. PF0. 05 was considered significant. HO-2 is one of the isoenzyme of hemeoxygenase which catalyses the oxidation of heme in the presence of NADPH and cytochrome P-450 to produce carbon monoxide (CO) and bilirubin w1x. They are considered to promote vasodilation and protection of endothelium and other cells from oxidative injury, respectively w2, 3x. In this study we found that the expression of HO-2 in normal pregnancy revealed a dark brownish-yellow color in the syncytiotrophoblast (STB) and villous endothelial cells (Fig. 1). However, interrupted light brownish color was noted in these cells of moderate and severe PIH women (Fig. 2). The level of HO-2 expression in STB and endothelial cells of moderate and severe PIH placentas were reduced compared with normal pregnancy