Maternal 27-hydroxycholesterol concentrations during the course of pregnancy and in pregnancy pathologies

• Main Authors: Brigitte Sophia Winkler (Author), Ulrich Pecks (Author), Laila Najjari (Author), Nicola Kleine-Eggebrecht (Author), Nicolai Maass (Author), Markus Mohaupt (Author), Geneviève Escher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The oxysterol 27-hydroxycholesterol (27-OHC) plays an important role in the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis. Pregnancy pathologies like preeclampsia (PE), HELLP-syndrome (HELLP), intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy (ICP) are link...