Immune Mechanisms Mediating Hypertension and/or Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) during Pregnancy

Dear Colleagues,

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy continue to rise worldwide! Preeclampsia is the leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity in the US and many other countries around the globe. JCM announces a Special Issue titled Immune Mechanisms Mediating Hypertension and/or Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) during Pregnancy, and we invite your top notch research articles investigating immune molecules and cells that result in the important clinical features of these diseases. In addition, articles examining how anti-inflammatory therapies could improve pregnancy outcomes in clinical studies of this disease will be considered. Topics can include how inflammatory factors impact multiorgan dysfunction that involves placental, renal, hepatic, cardiovascular, endothelial or neurological deficits, leading to the clincial characteristics of preeclampsia and or IUGR. Studies of the long-term effects on neurological and cardiovascular function in mothers and their offspring are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Babbette LaMarca
Guest Editor

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