title: [Soluble adhesion molecules in patients with pre-eclampsia].
abstract: Plasma concentrations of the circulating adhesion molecules ICAM-1 (CD54), VCAM-1 (CD106) were determined in 31 women with pre-eclampsia, 9 women with HELLP syndrome, and 13 women with transient pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH). Data were compared with a control group of 157 healthy pregnant women of the same gestational age. Furthermore, concentrations of circulating E-selectin (CD62E), P-selectin (CD62P), and PECAM-1 (CD31) were determined in a subpopulation of 17 women with pre-eclampsia. Plasma concentrations of circulating ICAM-1, VCAM-1, E-selectin, and PECAM-1 were significantly elevated in women with pre-eclampsia compared to healthy control pregnant women. Circulating ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 levels were also significantly elevated in the pre-eclampsia group compared to women with PIH. Concentrations of circulating P-selectin varied strongly in all experimental groups (SD > 70% of the mean), most likely reflecting various degrees of thrombocyte degranulation in the individual samples. Finally, longitudinal profiles of cICAM-1 and cVCAM-1 concentrations were determined in 123 healthy pregnant women between the 16th and the 42nd week of gestation. This analysis identified cICAM-1 and cVCAM-1 as tightly regulated plasma parameters that varied in a small concentration range. Concentrations of cICAM-1 and cVCAM-1 did not vary during pregnancy and the determined concentrations corresponded to the reported reference levels of nonpregnant individuals.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Göttingen.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krauss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osmers
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beran
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diedrich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fleckenstein
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kuhn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D017359:HELLP Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D012016:Reference Values; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
vernacular_title: Lösliche Adhäsionsmoleküle bei Patientinnen mit Präeklampsie.