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Table 1 Summary of potential biochemical markers for the prediction (1. trimester, 2. trimester) or the detection (Manifest preeclampsia) of preeclampsia in maternal peripheral blood.

From: Potential markers of preeclampsia – a review

 

Plasma concentrations

  

Biochemical Marker

1. trimester

2. trimester

Manifest

preeclampsia

Reported

combinations

for prediction

Altered levels are also correlated with

sflt-1

--

- sEng, PlGF

VEGF

-Ultrasound

--

sEng

--

-sflt-1, PlGF

-Ultrasound

-IUGR

-HELLP

-SGA

PlGF

-sEng, sflt-1

-SGA

PP-13

-Ultrasound

-IUGR

-Preterm delivery

P-Selectin

Activin A, sflt-1

Other adhesion molecules

--

Cell-free fetal DNA

-Inhibin-A

-IUGR

-polyhydramnios

-trisomy 21

-preterm labour

Cell free DNA

--

--

  

ADAM12

--

--

--

-trisomy 21

-trisomy 18

-small for gestational age

PTX3

--

-IUGR

PAPP-A

--

-birthweight

Visfatin

--

↑↓

↑↓

--

-type-2 diabetes mellitus

- gestational diabetes mellitus -obesity

-IUGR

Adreno-

medullin

--

-vascular disorders

  1. sflt-1: soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1; sEng: soluble Endoglin; PlGF: placental growth factor; PP-13: Placental protein 13; ADAM12: A disintegrin and metalloprotease 12; PTX3: Pentraxin 3; PAPP-A: pregnancy-associated plasma protein A; IUGR: Intrauterine growth retardation; SGA: Small for gestational age; HELLP: Hemolysis elevated liver enzymes; low platelets