60 results about "Pre eclampsie" patented technology

Methods, kits and compounds are provided that relate to the diagnosis, treatment, and/or prevention of preeclampsia.

The invention provides a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I′ (SEQ ID NO: 1):

X1-X2-X3-R—X5-X6-X7-X8-X9-X10-X11-X12-X13  I

• • or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the polypeptides of the invention, and its therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, restenosis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cardiomyopathy, cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia, water retention, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), obesity, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, burn injuries (including sunburn) and preeclampsia. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.

The utility of pulse volume measurement is expanded to detection of many conditions which have previously not been detected or have been detected using more complicated techniques. Such conditions include blood loss, septic shock, cardiogenic shock, neonatal sepsis, patent ductus arteriosus, limb ischemia, intra-aortic balloon pump performance, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, the effectiveness of vasoactive medications, syncope, dehydration, pre-eclampsia, deep vein thrombosis, thermal injuries, vascular instability due to renal dialysis, compromising of circulation to the hand caused by radial artery harvesting, changes in cardiac output, and hypertension. According to the present invention, such diagnoses can be performed by taking one measurement, by taking measurements over time to detect a change or by taking measurements before and after application of a treatment or stimulus.

Cardiovascular disease, including preeclampsia in pregnant women and hypertension in both women and men, are prevented or treated by administering thereto prostacyclin or a prostacyclin analog in combination with one or both of an estrogen and a progestin, which combination is also useful for HRT in peri- and post-menopausal women.

The present invention relates to the prognosis and risk assessment in pregnant women to develop pregnancy-induced hypertension and/or preeclampsia by the determination of marker levels.

The invention relates to a enzyme predicted to be a serine protease, which is specifically expressed in association with embryo implantation and placentation in pregnant uterus. The enzyme of the invention is useful in the evaluation of fertility and monitoring of early pregnancy, placental development and function, fetal development, parturition, and conditions such as pre-eclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, early abortion, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometriosis, and cancers, and may provide a potential target for contraception. It may also be important in diseases of the heart, testis or ovary, and may play a role in muscle function, including cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, lung and the diaphragm. In addition the enzyme of the invention is useful in the screening of candidate drugs for fertility control or for treatment of fertility-related disorders.

Disclosed herein are methods, kits, tests, and systems for detecting, predicting, monitoring, or ruling out preeclampsia in pregnant women. Also provided herein are novel diagnostic markers, methods of data analysis, assay formats, and kits employing such markers to improve one or more characteristics of a test for identifying or ruling out preeclampsia based on biomarkers from patient samples.

Provided herein, in some embodiments, are methods and compositions for detecting differentially expressed genes in a sample obtained from a subject having or at risk for preeclampsia.

The invention relates to a method for jointly detecting sFlt-1/PLGF and HLA-G for predicting pre-eclampsia. The method comprises the following steps: collecting serum specimen: respectively collecting5-10 ml of venous blood from pregnant women in a pre-eclampsia group and normal pregnant women with same gestational weeks, centrifuging all specimens in a low temperature centrifuge at 3000 rpm for10 min within 4 h, taking the serum and subpackaging in EP tubes, and storing in a refrigerator at minus 80 DEG C for testing; coating: using a 0.05 M PH9.0 carbonate coated buffer solution to diluteantibodies to the protein content of 1-10[mu]g/ml, adding 0.1ml of the diluted antibodies into reaction holes of each polystyrene board, staying overnight at 4 DEG C, discarding the solution in the holes the next day, and washing for 3 times; setting up standard holes and sample holes, washing, and setting up blank holes, negative control holes and positive control holes at the same time; adding enzyme-labeled antibodies; adding 100 [mu]L of horseradish peroxidase-labeled detection antibodies into each of the standard holes and the sample holes except for the blank holes, sealing the reactionholes with microplate sealers, and incubating in a water bath kettle or an incubator at 37 DEG C for 60 min; performing board-washing; adding 50 [mu]L of a substrate A and a substrate B into each of the holes, and measuring OD values of each hole. The method is high in detection specificity and sensitivity.

The present invention relates to novel biomarkers such as histidine and ketone bodies and methods of use thereof for detecting preeclampsia in pregnant individuals and for identifying individuals at risk at an early stage of pregnancy.

Disclosed herein are methods, kits, tests, and systems for detecting, predicting, monitoring, or ruling out preeclampsia in pregnant women. Also provided herein are novel diagnostic markers, methods of data analysis, assay formats, and kits employing such markers to improve one or more characteristics of a test for identifying or ruling out preeclampsia based on biomarkers from patient samples.

The present invention relates to a method for assessing whether a pregnant subject is at risk of developing preeclampsia or a preeclampsia-related condition, or not, said method comprising the steps of determining the amount of the biomarker IGFBP-7 (Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 7) in a sample from the subject, and comparing the determined amount of the biomarker to a reference. Further, the present invention relates to the in vitro use of the biomarker IGFBP-7, or of at least one detection agent which specifically binds to IGFBP-7 in a sample of a pregnant subject for assessing whether said subject is at risk of developing preeclampsia or a preeclampsia-related condition, or not. Also encompassed by the present invention is a device adapted to carry out the method of the present invention.

Described herein are methods, compositions, kits, and systems for detecting free and bound PlGF, and using detection of such species to distinguish between pregnant women with or without preeclampsia or related conditions.