Plasma type II phospholipase A2 levels are elevated in severe preeclampsia
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Severe preeclampsia appears to associate with elevated blood levels of type II phospholipase A2 (PLA2). PLA2 is an enzyme in the metabolic pathway that makes prostaglandins such as prostacyclin. PLA2 is found in platelets, white blood cells, and blood vessel lining cells and is involved in the inflammatory process. Preeclampsia is a kind of high blood pressure found in pregnant women. Plasma levels of PLA2 were measured among 25 women with preeclampsia and compared with levels from 23 healthy pregnant women. Plasma samples from 10 additional women with preeclampsia and 10 healthy women were incubated with a culture of human umbilical-vein lining cells, and the culture medium was analyzed for prostacyclin. Mild preeclampsia had no effect, but severely preeclamptic women had levels of 19.9 nanograms per milliter versus 6.0 nanograms per milliliter among control women. Prostacyclin concentration averaged 8.6 nanograms per milliliter when umbilical cord cells were incubated with plasma from severely preeclamptic women versus 4.0 nanograms per milliliter among controls. However, PLA2 concentration was unaffected.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1995
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Longitudinal serum concentrations of placental growth factor: evidence for abnormal placental angiogenesis in pathologic pregnancies
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A deficiency of a protein called placental growth factor may be partly responsible for some preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction, according to a study of 98 women. This protein can cause blood vessels to form and causes the placenta to develop. Both preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction are believed to be partly caused by an abnormal placenta.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2003
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Maternal serum activin A is not elevated before preeclampsia in women who are at high risk
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Research has been conducted on serum activin A. The authors have tested the theory that serum activin A can predict preeclampsia in women, and the results have demonstrated that activin A cannot be used as a preeclampsia predictor because its levels are not activated with preeclampsia.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2003
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