Role of gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 in healthy and complicated pregnancy and their future potential as preeclampsia biomarkers

A Nikolov, N Popovski - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gelatinases (matrix metalloproteinase-2 and-9) are enzymes from the matrix
metalloproteinases (MMPs) family, which are associated with collagen degradation. MMP-2 …

Obesity-associated cardiovascular risk in women: hypertension and heart failure

JL Faulkner - Clinical Science, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The pathogenesis of obesity-associated cardiovascular diseases begins long prior to the
presentation of a cardiovascular event. In both men and women, cardiovascular events, and …

Ferroptosis-related gene expression in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia

Y Ding, X Yang, X Han, M Shi, L Sun, M Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is one of the leading causes of maternal and fetal morbidity
and mortality worldwide. Placental oxidative stress has been identified as a major pathway …

Ceramides during Pregnancy and Obstetrical Adverse Outcomes

M Lantzanaki, T Vavilis, VC Harizopoulou, H Bili… - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ceramides are a group of sphingolipids located in the external plasma membrane layer and
act as messengers in cellular pathways such as inflammatory processes and apoptosis …

Midgestation leptin infusion induces characteristics of clinical preeclampsia in mice, which is ablated by endothelial mineralocorticoid receptor deletion

JL Faulkner, D Wright, G Antonova, IZ Jaffe… - …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Patients with preeclampsia demonstrate increases in placental leptin
production in midgestation, and an associated increase in late gestation plasma leptin …

[HTML][HTML] Noninvasive preeclampsia prediction using plasma cell–free RNA signatures

S Zhou, J Li, W Yang, P Xue, Y Yin, Y Wang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Preeclampsia, especially preterm preeclampsia and early-onset preeclampsia,
is a life-threating pregnancy disorder, and the heterogeneity and complexity of preeclampsia …

Bioinformatics analysis combined with clinical sample screening reveals that leptin may be a biomarker of preeclampsia

Y Wang, X Bai, X Guo, X Gao, Y Chen, H Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Preeclampsia (PE) is a gestational hypertensive disease with unclear
pathogenesis. This study aimed to identify the genes that play an important role in …

Solving the puzzle of preterm birth

DK Stevenson, VD Winn, GM Shaw… - Clinics in …, 2024 - perinatology.theclinics.com
Preterm birth (historically defined as delivery before 37 weeks completed gestation)
represents a substantial global health problem and is responsible for more deaths under the …

Early-pregnancy prediction of risk for pre-eclampsia using maternal blood leptin/ceramide ratio: discovery and confirmation

Q Huang, S Hao, J You, X Yao, Z Li, J Schilling… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study aimed to develop a blood test for the prediction of pre-eclampsia (PE)
early in gestation. We hypothesised that the longitudinal measurements of circulating …

Exploring the ceRNA network involving AGAP2-AS1 as a novel biomarker for preeclampsia

F Lu, N Zeng, X Xiao, X Wang, H Gong, H Lei - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Preeclampsia (PE) is an important research subject in obstetrics. Nevertheless, the
underlying mechanisms of PE remain elusive. PE-related expression datasets (GSE96983 …