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ArticleMolecular diagnosis & therapy2017

Circulating mRNA in Maternal Plasma at the Second Trimester of Pregnancy: A Possible Screening Tool for Cardiac Conotruncal and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Abnormalities.

Elena Contro, Lara Stefani, Silvia Berto, Cristina Lapucci, Diego Arcelli, Daniela Prandstraller, Antonella Perolo, Nicola Rizzo, Antonio Farina

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Article in Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Elena ControDivision of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery (DIMEC) Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Lara StefaniSynlab Italia Srl, Castenedolo, Brescia, Italy.
Silvia BertoSynlab Italia Srl, Castenedolo, Brescia, Italy.
Cristina LapucciSynlab Italia Srl, Castenedolo, Brescia, Italy.
Diego ArcelliDivision of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery (DIMEC) Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Daniela PrandstrallerPediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Unit, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Antonella PeroloDivision of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery (DIMEC) Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Nicola RizzoDivision of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery (DIMEC) Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Antonio FarinaDivision of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery (DIMEC) Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. antonio.farina@unibo.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6862-1810
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · IT

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Università di Bologna Corsi di preparazione al partoUniversità di Bologna Fondi RFO
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMaternal plasma is a source of circulating placental nucleic acids. This study was designed to detect aberrantly expressed placental mRNA genes circulating in the maternal plasma of pregnancies affected with fetal conotruncal anomalies (CNTRA) and left-ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction in the second trimester of pregnancy.

methodsThis was a retrospective monocentric study conducted from 1 Jan 2016 to 31 Dec 2016. NanoString technology was used to identify aberrantly expressed genes, comparing 36 women carrying a fetus with CNTRA or LVOT obstruction to 42 controls at 19-24 weeks of gestation. The genes with differential expression were subsequently tested using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Linear discriminant analysis was used to combine all the mRNA species with discriminant ability for CNTRA and LVOT obstruction. A multivariable receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve having the estimated discriminant score as an explanatory variable was generated for the two affected groups versus controls.

resultsThree genes with differential expression, namely MAPK1, IQGAP1 and Visfatin were found. The ROC curves yielded detection rates of 60 and 62.5% at a false-positive rate of 5% for CNTRA and LVOT, respectively.

conclusionsThese data suggested that molecular screening of CNTRA and LVOT obstruction in the second trimester is feasible. Prospective studies are needed to test the discriminant ability of these genes and to calculate the predictive positive value in the general population.

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AdultBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesCytokinesElectrocardiographyFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHeart Defects, CongenitalHeart VentriclesHumansMiddle AgedMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Nicotinamide PhosphoribosyltransferasePregnancyPregnancy Trimester, Secondras GTPase-Activating ProteinsBiomarkersCytokinesIQ motif containing GTPase activating protein 1MAPK1 protein, humanMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferasenicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, humanras GTPase-Activating ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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