title: Glycation endproducts, soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts and cytokines in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cytokines, advanced glycation end products (AGEs), and their receptor RAGE have been recently suggested to play a role in human pregnancy. In this study, we sought to determine the alterations of plasma AGEs, soluble RAGE (sRAGE), and proinflammatory cytokines in normal pregnancies and those complicated with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  These parameters were measured in samples from healthy non-pregnant (C), diabetic non-pregnant (D), healthy pregnant (HP), and pregnant diabetic (DP) women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the first trimester, DP showed lower sRAGE and higher AGEs compared to HP. In the DP group, significant negative correlations were seen between TNF-alpha and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated IotaL-6 in the first trimester and sRAGE in the third trimester. LPS-stimulated IL-12 was positively correlated with levels of AGEs in the third trimester.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We detected several differences in the levels of AGEs, sRAGE, and proinflammatory cytokines between euglycemic and diabetic pregnancies.
authors.affiliation: Foetal-Maternal Medicine and Gynaecology Department, Research Institute Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital (RI PMMH), Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pertyńska-Marczewska
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Głowacka
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobczak
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cypryk
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilczyński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced / Q000097:blood*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood*; D000067759:Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000097:blood*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D016207:Cytokines; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D000067759:Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human