scholarly journals EVALUATION OF MATERNAL PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR IN SUSPECTED PRE-ECLAMPTIC WOMEN

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 89-90
Author(s):  
Mohamed Khamis ◽  
Mona Helmy ◽  
Manal Swelem ◽  
Gamal Fares
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Placental Growth Factor

The role of placental growth factor in regulating fetal brain vascular development

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew T Ratsep ◽  
Bruno Zavan ◽  
Nicki Peterson ◽  
Leandra Tolusso ◽  
Vanessa Kay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Vascular Development ◽  
Fetal Brain ◽  
Placental Growth Factor

Early predictors of placental dysfunction

2016 ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
J.M. Melnik ◽  
◽  
A.A. Shlyahtina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Umbilical Artery ◽  
Placental Growth Factor ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Endothelin 1 ◽  
Placental Dysfunction ◽  
Early Predictors ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor

The article presents the predictors of placental dysfunction on the early stage of pregnancy. The objective: the search for prognostic markers and criteria for the occurrence of placental insufficiency in the early stages of the gestational process to optimize the pregnancy and labor with improved perinatal outcomes. Patients and methods. To solve this goal in the period from 2013 to 2015 were conducted a comprehensive survey of 334 pregnant women, which depending on the peculiarities of pregnancy and childbirth were divided into groups. The control group consisted of 236 pregnant women with uncomplicated gestational period, no morphological signs of placental dysfunction. The study group included 98 patients with a complicated pregnancy who had revealed violations of the fetal-placental relations, which was confirmed by morphological examination of the placenta in the postpartum period. Results. It was found that pregnant women with placental insufficiency in the first trimester of pregnancy have higher levels of interleukin-1B (IL-1v) and interleukin-3 (IL-3) in comparison with physiological pregnancy, as well as there is a direct significant correlation between IL-1v and pulsative index (PI) in the spiral (r=0.84) and uterine artery (r=0.77), and the inverse correlation between the level of IL-3 and PI in the terminal branches of the umbilical artery (r=-0.69). Verified an inverse relationship between the concentration of endothelin-1, the level of vascular endothelial growth factor (r=-0.87) and placental growth factor (r=-0.73), and also a direct link between the content of endothelin-1 and PI in spiral arteries (r=0.89), uterine artery (r=0.83) and the terminal branches of the umbilical artery (r=0.79). Conclusion. Thus, it is proven that early predictors of placental dysfunction can be considered the concentration of endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor, placental growth factor, interleukin-1, interleukin-3, and the indices of pulsative index. Key words: placental dysfunction, predictors, endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor, placental growth factor, interleukin, pulsative index.

Validation of Soluble Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1 (sFlt-1) and Placental Growth Factor (PlGF) Assays on Cobas e602 System

2020 ◽  
Vol 154 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S12-S13
Author(s):  
Nga Yeung Tang ◽  
Sarosh Rana ◽  
Kiang-Teck J Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Placental Growth Factor ◽  
Analytical Performance ◽  
Hypertensive Disorder ◽  
Limit Of Quantitation ◽  
Roche Diagnostics ◽  
Interference Studies ◽  
Plgf Ratio

Abstract Background Preeclampsia is a leading hypertensive disorder in pregnant women. The angiogenic biomarkers, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) and placental growth factor (PlGF) ratio, have been shown to be associated with diagnosis and prediction of preeclampsia. The objective of this study is to validate the analytical performance of sFlt-1 and PlGF on the Cobas e602 system (Roche Diagnostics Corporation). Method Intra-day and inter-day precisions for both sFlt-1 and PlGF assays were assessed using quality control materials provided from Roche Diagnostics. The accuracies for both assays were assessed by running 60 patient samples, which have been previously analyzed on the Elecsys 411 analyzer (Roche Diagnostics Corporation) at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Linearity studies for both assays were performed using patient plasma spiked with recombinant sFlt-1 and PlGF proteins (R&D systems). Hemolysis, icterus, lipemia and biotin interference studies were performed by spiking hemolysate, bilirubin, intralipid or biotin into either pooled patient plasma with detectable levels of sFlt-1 and PlGF or otherwise, patient plasma spiked with recombinant sFlt-1 and PlGF proteins. Results Total precisions for both assays demonstrated CVs of <5.0%. The sFlt-1 and PlGF assays demonstrated analytical measuring ranges of 3060,000 pg/mL and 79,000 pg/mL, respectively (r2 > 0.98). Lower limit of quantitation (10% CV) was 30 pg/mL for sFlt-1 and 7 pg/mL for PlGF, respectively. Interference studies showed sFlt-1 and PlGF were not significantly affected by hemolysis up to H-indices of 500 and 1000 respectively; both assays were not affected by bilirubin up to an I-index of 60, and lipemia up to an L-index of 2800. Biotin at concentrations >30 ng/mL caused significant negative bias for both sFlt-1 and PlGF assays. Comparison studies showed the following: Cobas e602 sFLT-1 = 1.09 [Elecsys 411 sFLT-1] +203 (r2=0.97, Sy/x=1234, n=58); Cobas e602 PlGF = 1.10 [Elecsys 411 PlGF] +47 (r2=0.99, Sy/x=22.1, n=58); Cobas e602 sFLT-1/PlGF ratio = 0.94 [Elecsys 411 sFLT-1/PlGF ratio] +3.5 (r2=0.91, Sy/x=50, n=58). Conclusion sFlt-1 and PlGF measured on Roche Diagnostics Cobas e602 system demonstrated excellent analytical performance and are acceptable for clinical use once approved in the US.

scholarly journals Applying the concept of uncertainty to the sFlt-1/PlGF cut-offs for diagnosis and prognosis of preeclampsia

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 681-686
Author(s):  
Pacifique Lévy ◽  
Safouane Hamdi ◽  
Jean Guiboudenche ◽  
Marie Clothilde Haguet ◽  
Sophie Bailleul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Error Propagation ◽  
Placental Growth Factor ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
Diagnosis By Exclusion ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Plgf Ratio

Abstract Objectives Placental growth factor (PlGF) and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) assays and the corresponding ratios (sFlt-1/PlGF) have been proposed to aid in the diagnosis by exclusion and/or prognosis of preeclampsia (PE). A method for evaluating ratio uncertainties (RUs), based on the theory of error propagation, was applied to the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio. Methods RUs were calculated using data derived from sFlt-1 and PlGF Internal Quality Control (IQC) results collected from four centers using Elecsys (Roche) or Kryptor (Thermo Fisher) sFlt-1 and PlGF assays. The corresponding ratio uncertainties were defined for each ratio value. Results The RUs increased linearly with the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio values. The Elecsys RUs were lower than the Kryptor RUs. Although RUs cannot eliminate differences in ratio values observed among various immunoassays, it can affect interpretation of the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio, especially when results are within the range of predefined PE diagnosis or prognosis cut-offs. Conclusions Since RUs are only a function of PlGF and sFlt-1 precision, they can be calculated for each assay from each laboratory to adjust the interpretation of sFlt-1/PlGF ratio results in the context of PE.

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