Is angiopoietin-2 , a regulator of vascular permeability in inflammation , associated with persistent organ failure in patients with acute pancreatitis from the United States and Germany?
Elevated serum Ang-2 levels on admission are associated with and may be a useful biomarker of predicting persistent organ failure and ongoing endothelial cell activation in AP.
These findings suggest that decreased serum estradiol concentrations in SD rats may be the result of serotonin-related inhibition of estradiol production and decreased large follicle expression of StAR protein.