Pablo Zardoya-Laguardia, Astrid Blaschitz, Birgit Hirschmugl, Ingrid Lang, Sereina A Herzog, Liudmila Nikitina, Martin Gauster, Martin Häusler, Mila Cervar-Zivkovic, Eva Karpf, Ghassan J Maghzal, Chris P Stanley, Roland Stocker, Christian Wadsack, Saša Frank, Peter Sedlmayr
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) mediates the degradation of L-tryptophan (L-Trp) and is constitutively expressed in the chorionic vascular endothelium of the human placenta with highest levels in the microvasculature. Given that endothelial expression of IDO1 has been shown to regulate vascular tone and blood pressure in mice under the condition of systemic inflammation, we asked whether IDO1 is also involved in the regulation of placental blood flow and if yes, whether this function is potentially impaired in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and pre-eclampsia (PE)...
April 3, 2018: Scientific Reports