title: Investigation of thrombomodulin and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-I in pregnancy induced hypertension and its clinical significance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure the circulating levels of thrombomodulin (TM) and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-I (PAI-I) in women with pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH).
  
  
  METHODS
  Blood samples were drawn from 97 pregnant women in their third trimester, grouped as 25 mild PIH, 26 moderate PIH, 22 severe PIH and 24 normotensive healthy pregnant women for determining levels of TM by ELISA, PAI-I by colorimetric assay methods, and creatinine (Cr) in serum by biochemical method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Circulating levels of TM, PAI-I and TM/Cr ratio increased with increasing severity of PIH. There were no significant differences between mild and normotensive pregnant women. The parameters were significantly changed in the moderate and severe PIH groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TM and PAI-I may serve as meaningful clinical markers for the assessment of the endothelial damage in PIH, which is very important in evaluating and following the development of PIH.
authors.affiliation: Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing 100730.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000097:blood*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018180:Thrombomodulin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D018180:Thrombomodulin; D003404:Creatinine