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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Hematol Agents Med Chem. 2010 Oct 1;8(4):204–226. doi: 10.2174/187152510792481234

Table 5.

Biomarkers in maternal peripheral blood for the prediction (1st, 2nd and 3rd Trimester) and detection (Manifest PE) of PE

Biomarker Norm-Preg
Trimester
PE
Trimester
Manifest
PE
Reference
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
sFlt-1 (pg/ml) 1445 1576 4400 1764
±757
4945.1
±3329.4
>12981 [197199]
sEng (pg/ml) 5010
±1010
4905.9
±1332.1
9800 5570
±1180
11509.2
±6108.2
46400 [76,197,198]
PlGF (pg/ml) 62.8 135 232 99.6
±52.2
[197199]
sVEGFR-2 (pg/ml) -- 7645.8
±1938.0
-- -- 6541.6
±3285.8
-- [200]
TGF-β1 (pg/ml) -- 4718.6
±2371.9
-- -- 2901.1
±1308.4
-- [197]
P-Selectin 1±0.86
(MoM)
82.5±1.2
ng/ml
-- 2.49±1.94
(MoM)
91.2±2.0
ng/ml
-- [201,202]
L-Selectin (ng/ml) -- 1761
±31.3
-- -- 1194
±43.2
-- [201,202]
s-Met (ng/ml) 259.1
±13.3
356.2
±18.3
293.7
±20.6
182.5
±6.8
189.9
±9.7
235.1
±11.7
[203]
ADAM12 (MoM) 1.00 -- -- 0.50 – 0.71 -- -- [204]
PAPP-A (MoM) 1.002 -- -- 0.555 to
0.911
-- -- [205]
Visfatin (adipokin
ng/ml))
Leptin (ng/ml)
--

--

695.9
±92.5
26.8
± 6.47
--

--
↓↓

↑↑
308.3
±80.0
62.1
± 23.8


[206,207]
Adrenomedullin
(pg/ml)
53.4
±17.3
139.8
±20.9
232.6
±17.2
-- 302.1
±46.0
302.1
±46.0
[208]
PP-13 (pg/ml) ≈136.6 -- -- ≈50.00 -- -- [209]
Inhibin-A (µg/ml) 180
±105
-- -- 220 ±113 -- -- [198]
Activin-A (ng/ml) 2.16 -- -- 2.522 -- -- [210]
Kisspeptin (pg/ml) -- 1188
±365
-- -- 1109
±449
-- [211]
Cell-free mRNA
FLT1 (copies/ml)
-- 1.90
(0.32)
-- -- 2.39
(0.32)
-- [196]

sVEGFR-2, soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2; PP-13, placental protein 13; ADAM12, a disintegrin and metalloprotease 12; PTX3, pentraxin 3; PAPP-A, pregnancy-associated plasma protein A; TGF-β1: Transforming growth factor-β1 MoM: Multiple of Mean; s-Met: soluble c-Met ; FLT1, VEGFA receptor 1