title: Polymorphisms of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, angiotensin converting enzyme and coagulation factor XIII genes in patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion.
abstract: We investigated polymorphisms of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE ) and coagulation factor XIII (FXIII) genes and their association with recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) in Iranian patients and normal healthy controls. Ten (18.5%) patients were homozygote (4G/4G) for PAI-1 polymorphism, in contrast with two (2%) controls (p = 0.001). Patients with homozygote 4G mutation were significantly more prone to RSA in contrast to others (odds ratio: 11.0, 95% CI: 2.3-52.4). Nineteen (30.2%) patients and 25 (26.6%) controls were homozygote (DD) for ACE polymorphism. We observed only two patients and one control with homozygosity (34leu) for FXIII polymorphism. 4G/4G polymorphism for PAI-1 gene could be a thrombophilic mutation leading to abortion in Iranian population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Genetics, Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aarabi
authors.forename: Toktam
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Memariani
authors.forename: Soheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arefi
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aarabi
authors.forename: Sedigheh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hantoosh Zadeh
authors.forename: Mehdi A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Akhondi
authors.forename: Mohammad H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Modarressi
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000235:genetics*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005176:Factor XIII / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics*; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D005176:Factor XIII; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A