title: Tetranectin in amniotic fluid, maternal serum and fetal fluids.
abstract: The concentration of the newly discovered protein tetranectin has been measured in different fetal and maternal compartments. In amniotic fluid a significant, positive correlation between the tetranectin concentration and gestational age was found (a mean of 0.2 mg l-1 at week 14 to a mean of 0.5 mg l-1 at week 21). In maternal serum a slight negative correlation was found between tetranectin concentration and gestational week (a mean of 6.17 mg l-1 at week 14 to a mean of 5.79 mg l-1 at week 21). In-term cord blood collected at delivery a mean level of 6.0 mg l-1 was found, and no difference was found between arterial- and venous-blood tetranectin concentration. In fetal serum the overall mean level was 2.6 mg l-1 and a significant positive correlation between tetranectin concentration and gestational age was found. The mean level was 1.1 mg l-1 in fetal cerebrospinal fluid and no correlation to gestational age was found. Fetal tetranectin may, therefore, be correlated to fetal maturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Seruminstitut, Glostrup, Denmark.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Høgdall
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Høgdall
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clemmensen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nørgaard-Pedersen
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Loft
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; C048648:tetranectin