
Preeclampsia is a rapidly progressive condition that affects as many as 8% of all pregnancies. To better understand how and why this process occurs, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine looked to see if neutrophil infiltration could affect vascular expression of the enzyme matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and other extracellular matrix proteins, which in turn might result in vascular dysfunction in women with preeclampsia.






