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Soluble endoglin in preeclamptic patients with or without HELLP syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20430360     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: The pathogenesis of the HELLP (hemolysis, enzyme liver, low platelets) syndrome is unknown. Recently soluble endoglin (sEng) was identified as a cause of the appearance of schistocytes and liver pathology in an animal model of preeclampsia (PE). STUDY DESIGN: We explored the value of sEng in 82 women who delivered in a context of normal pregnancy (NP, n = 10), PE (n = 49), or HELLP (n = 23). RESULTS: sEng was elevated in pathological pregnancies (66.7 +/- 62 and 75.7 +/- 48 pg/mL in PE and HELLP, respectively, vs 5.29 +/- 1.25 in NP, P < .001 for both comparisons) and was correlated with an increase in transaminases (r(2) = 0.17; P = .05), but it was not statistically different between PE and HELLP. CONCLUSION: Although recent literature findings demonstrated a role of sEng in the pathophysiology of HELLP syndrome in animal models, we found that, at the time of delivery, sEng was not specifically elevated in preeclamptic patients with HELLP.
Authors:
Alexandre Hertig; Julie Fort; Guillaume Lefevre; Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet; Martine Uzan; Eric Rondeau; Patrick Rozenberg
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-04-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology     Volume:  202     ISSN:  1097-6868     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-31     Completed Date:  2010-06-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370476     Medline TA:  Am J Obstet Gynecol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  594.e1-4     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale, H?pital Tenon, Paris, France. alexandre.hertig@tnn.aphp.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Antigens, CD / blood*
Female
HELLP Syndrome / blood*
Humans
Pre-Eclampsia / blood*
Pregnancy
Receptors, Cell Surface / blood*
Retrospective Studies
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 / blood
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antigens, CD; 0/ENG protein, human; 0/Receptors, Cell Surface; EC 2.7.10.1/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1

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