Angiotensin-I-Converting Enzyme Activity in Term and Premature Infants
| Autor: | Mary K. Davitt, Pedro A. Jose, John W. Bender |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Birth weight Gestational Age Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A Pregnancy Internal medicine medicine Birth Weight Humans chemistry.chemical_classification biology Respiratory distress business.industry Infant Newborn Gestational age Angiotensin-converting enzyme Fetal Blood medicine.disease Endothelial stem cell Enzyme Endocrinology chemistry Cord blood Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health biology.protein Female business Infant Premature Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Neonatology. 34:19-23 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7819 1661-7800 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000241100 |
| Popis: | Cord blood angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) activity was examined in 21 term and 21 premature infants Values were significantly higher in premature infants than in term infants. Cord blood ACE activity was found to have a significant negative correlation with birth weight and gestational age. ACE activity measured from peripheral blood during the first 24 h of life was higher in premature than term infants but similar to levels in maternal and adult controls. It was not possible to predict those premature infants who would develop respiratory distress syndrome on the basis of cord blood ACE activity. However, ACE may serve as a marker for maturation of the pulmonary vascular endothelial cell. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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