Inflammation is an underlying cause of or a contributing factor to a number of chronic conditions, including hypertension, insulin resistance, arthritis, and cognitive disorders. A chronic inflammatory state is also associated...
Worldwide, high systolic blood pressure is the leading risk factor for deaths and disability-adjusted life-years but has been historically under-detected. This study aimed to quantify differences between estimated and...
The etiology of preeclampsia (PE) remains elusive. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified a number of genetic variants associated with blood pressure variations in east Asians. One of the genetic variants is the...
Preeclampsia is a common disease of pregnancy that is characterized by symptoms such as high blood pressure and proteinuria. Peroxiredoxin 4 (Prx4), is a protein with antioxidant properties which is produced in placenta and...
The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the prevalence of severe preeclampsia and low sodium (PALS) among the pregnant population admitted at the University Hospital of Udine in the past 4Â years and to compare these...
Congenital dyserythropoietic anemias (CDAs) are characterized by ineffective erythropoiesis and distinctive erythroblast abnormalities; the diagnosis is often missed or delayed due to significant phenotypic heterogeneity. We...
In SSc patients, disease specific determinants that influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL) over time have not been described. We aim to, in patients with SSc, (i) evaluate if and how HRQoL changes over time, and (ii)...
Our aim was to examine whether serum levels of placental growth factor (PlGF) and soluble endoglin (sEng) at 19-25 and 26-31 weeks of gestation were associated with the occurrence of the 9-block categorization of placenta weight...
Illicit drug use—including use of stimulants like methamphetamine, amphetamines, and...
Iron is closely related to metabolism. However, the relationship between iron and hepatic steatosis has not been fully elucidated.We aimed to investigate the triangular relationship between iron and hepatic steatosis and...
 Guidelines do not exist to determine timing of delivery for women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in pregnancy. The neonatal benefit of a term delivery as compared with an early term delivery is well described. We sought to...
This study examined the effect of leptin and orexin-A on autonomic baroreflex control in conscious Wistar rats exposed to high-fat (45% fat) or normal (3.4%) diet for 4Â weeks. Renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA), mean...
