Human soluble leptin receptor concentration in healthy offspring of hypertensive parents
| Autor: | Urania Papazachou, Maria V. Poulakou, Antonios N. Hatzizacharias, Dimitris P. Papadopoulos, Vassilios E. Votteas, Despina Perrea, Thomas Makris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Offspring Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Radioimmunoassay Receptors Cell Surface Essential hypertension Group B Reference Values Risk Factors Internal medicine Internal Medicine Medicine Humans Receptors Cytokine Leptin receptor business.industry Leptin medicine.disease Prognosis Original Papers Endocrinology Hypertension Population study Adult Children Receptors Leptin Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Body mass index Biomarkers |
| Zdroj: | J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) |
| ISSN: | 1524-6175 |
| Popis: | Essential hypertension is associated with increased plasma leptin levels and decreased human soluble leptin receptor (hsLR) concentration. The aim of this study was to determine whether the concentration of hsLR differs among offspring of hypertensive compared with nonhypertensive parents. Subjects in the 2 groups were matched for age, sex, and body mass index. Forty-six (24 male, 22 female; mean age, 18+/-3 years; body mass index, 22.4+/-1.4 kg/m2) healthy offspring of hypertensive parents (group A) and 50 (28 male, 22 female; mean age, 18+/-3.2 years; body mass index, 22.6+/-1.7 kg/m2) healthy offspring of healthy parents (group B) were studied. The hsLR concentration (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method) and leptin plasma levels (radioimmunoassay method) were determined in the study population. Plasma leptin levels were significantly higher (10+/-5 vs 6+/-3 ng/mL; P.001), while hsLR concentration was significantly lower (20+/-7 vs 29+/-8 U/mL; P.001) in group A compared with group B. Our findings suggest that offspring of hypertensive parents have significantly higher plasma leptin levels and significantly lower hsLR concentrations compared with healthy offspring of healthy normotensive parents. Further studies are needed to determine the clinical significance of these observations. |
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