Treatment of Post-biopsy Arteriovenous Fistula of a Renal Graft by Selective Embolization.

The development of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) after renal graft biopsy is a rare complication, it is associated in most cases with spontaneous resolution. However, interventional therapies are required in some cases, to prevent graft loss. Selective embolization has been described as an alternative treatment.

Maternal serum omentin-1 profile is similar in humans and in the rat animal model.

Omentin-1 is an adipocytokine with anti-inflammatory activity that has been associated with different metabolic disorders. The aim of this study is to investigate the serum profiles of omentin-1 throughout human and rat pregnancy. Serum omentin-1 levels were determined by ELISA in a prospective cohort study of healthy pregnant women (n=40) during the three trimesters of pregnancy and in twenty healthy non-pregnant women during the follicular and luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.

Longitudinal analysis of maternal serum Follistatin concentration in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia.

Objective: Follistatin (FST) is a regulator of the biological activity of activin A (Act A), binding and blocking it, which could contribute to the modulation of its pro-inflammatory activity during pregnancy. We sought to investigate, in this nested case-control study, FST serum levels during normal pregnancy and correlate it with the FST profile in preeclamptic pregnant women, normal pregnant women followed 3 months postpartum and eumenorrheic nonpregnant women throughout the menstrual cycle.

Subjects And Methods: Follistatin serum levels determined by ELISA, biochemical and anthropometric variables were measured in normal pregnant (n = 28) and preeclamptic (n = 20) women during three periods of gestation.