Soluble endoglin and other circulating antiangiogenic factors in preeclampsia
Soluble endoglin and other circulating antiangiogenic factors in preeclampsia
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DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa055352
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发表时间:
2006-09-07
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Karumanchi, S. Ananth
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作者:
Levine, Richard J.;Lam, Chun;Karumanchi, S. Ananth
Background:Alterations in circulating soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1), an antiangiogenic protein, and placental growth factor (PlGF), a proangiogenic protein, appear to be involved in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Since soluble endoglin, another antiangiogenic protein, acts together with sFlt1 to induce a severe preeclampsia-like syndrome in pregnant rats, we examined whether it is associated with preeclampsia in women.Methods:We performed a nested case-control study of healthy nulliparous women within the Calcium for Preeclampsia Prevention trial. The study included all 72 women who had preterm preeclampsia (= 37 weeks), 120 women with gestational hypertension, 120 normotensive women who delivered infants who were small for gestational age, and 120 normotensive controls who delivered infants who were not small for gestational age.Results:Circulating soluble endoglin levels increased markedly beginning 2 to 3 months before the onset of preeclampsia. After the onset of clinical disease, the mean serum level in women with preterm preeclampsia was 46.4 ng per milliliter, as compared with 9.8 ng per milliliter in controls (P