| Low birth weight infants and the developmental programming of hypertension: a focus on vascular factors. | |
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PMID: 20494734 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Low birth weight infants, in particular those born preterm, have been shown to develop increased arterial blood pressure and hypertension at adulthood. Three main systems are involved in the developmental programming of hypertension: the kidney, the neuroendocrine system, and the vascular tree. This review focuses on vascular dysfunction and discusses clinical and experimental evidence that relates low birth weight and the risk for hypertension at adulthood. Recent studies demonstrate an impairment of vascular structure and function. Both arterial vessels, through altered arterial stiffness and endothelium-dependent vasodilation, and the capillary bed, through microvascular rarefaction, are involved in the early pathogenesis of hypertension. The key role of the endothelium, as shown by altered vasodilatation, angiogenesis, endothelial progenitor cells, and microparticle number and function, is discussed as a possible explanatory mechanism. |
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Authors:
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Isabelle Ligi; Isabelle Grandvuillemin; Virginie Andres; Françoise Dignat-George; Umberto Simeoni |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Seminars in perinatology Volume: 34 ISSN: 1558-075X ISO Abbreviation: Semin. Perinatol. Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-24 Completed Date: 2010-08-31 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7801132 Medline TA: Semin Perinatol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 188-92 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Service de Médecine Néonatale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Conception, Marseille, France. |
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Animals Arteries / physiopathology Blood Vessels / physiopathology* Elasticity Endothelium, Vascular / physiopathology Female Humans Hypertension / etiology, physiopathology* Infant, Low Birth Weight* Infant, Newborn Microcirculation / physiology Pregnancy Premature Birth Stem Cells / physiology Vasodilation |
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