title: Pancreatic phospholipase A2 (PPLA2) during human pregnancy.
abstract: Pancreatic phospholipase A2 in human serum during pregnancy is within the normal range. In the amniotic fluid, the amount of immunoreactive pancreatic phospholipase A2 increases from 1.3 microgram/l at 16 weeks to 2.9 micrograms/l near term, but does not correlate with PLA2-activity. Meconium-stained amniotic fluid had highly elevated pancreatic, but not kinetic, PLA2. The fetal pancreas and its high PLA2-content may contribute to the progressive increase in uterine activity during human pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Pulkkinen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eskola
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Niemelä
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thuren
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000097:blood*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000097:blood*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010740:Phospholipases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2