Serum levels of soluble Fas and Fas ligand in pregnant women who smoke.

Sean HasanBelal AlshaikhKamran Yusuf

Published in: American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) (2020)

Our study demonstrates higher sFasL levels in pregnant women who smoke. Higher sFasL may explain the reduced incidence of preeclampsia in pregnant mothers who smoke by inducing apoptosis of immune cells which may otherwise induce trophoblast apoptosis.

Keyphrases

pregnant women
oxidative stress
endoplasmic reticulum stress
pregnancy outcomes
cell cycle arrest
cell death
risk factors
early onset