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[Expression and clinical significance of platelet-derived growth factor A in placenta of pre-eclampsia.]
Ai-Chen Zhang1, Xiao-Chun Sun, Wei-Chun Leng
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China.
Objective:
To investigate the expression and clinical significance of platelet-derived growth factor A (PDGF-A) on placenta tissue from pre-eclampsia.
Methods:
The expression of PDGF-A in the placenta of 38 pre-eclampsia patients and 22 normal pregnant women at third trimester was detected by immunohistochemistry method.
Results:
(1) PDGF-A was mainly expressed in the cytomembrane and cytoplasm of cytotrophoblasts and the endothelial cell of capillary in placenta. (2) The rates of PDGF-A expression of cytotrophoblasts were 63% (24/38) in pre-eclampsia group and 32% (7/22) in normal pregnancy group, which exhibited significant difference (P < 0.05). (3) The rates of PDGF-A expression of endothelial cell were 68% (26/38) in pre-eclampsia group and 27% (6/22) in normal pregnancy group, which also showed significant difference (P < 0.01). (4) The rates of PDGF-A expression of cytotrophoblasts were 39% (7/18) in mild pre-eclampsia patients and 85% (17/20) in severe pre-eclampsia, which reached statistical difference (P < 0.01).
Conclusion:
The increasing expression of PDGF-A in cytotrophoblast and endothelial cell in placenta might confer the occurrence and progression of pre-eclampsia.
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