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Observational studyPloS one2020

Hemopexin and α1-microglobulin heme scavengers with differential involvement in preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction.

Lina Youssef, Lena Erlandsson, Bo Åkerström, Jezid Miranda, Cristina Paules, Francesca Crovetto, Fatima Crispi, Eduard Gratacos, Stefan R Hansson

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Observational study in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Correlation of changes in circulating levels of hypoxia-induced factor-1α, erythropoietin, and cell-free fetal hemoglobin with feto-maternal pregnancy outcomes.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2025
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  6. Metabolomic prediction of severe maternal and newborn complications in preeclampsia.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2024
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  10. The Role of αInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lina YoussefSection of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0554-5507
Lena ErlandssonSection of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Bo ÅkerströmSection of infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Jezid MirandaBCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Cristina PaulesBCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Francesca CrovettoBCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Fatima CrispiBCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Eduard GratacosBCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Stefan R HanssonSection of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Lund University · SECentre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases · ESConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemopexin and α1-microglobulin act as scavengers to eliminate free heme-groups responsible for hemoglobin-induced oxidative stress. The present study evaluated maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of these scavengers in the different phenotypes of placenta-mediated disorders. Singleton pregnancies with normotensive fetal growth restriction [FGR] (n = 47), preeclampsia without FGR (n = 45) and preeclampsia with FGR (n = 51) were included prospectively as well as uncomplicated pregnancies (n = 49). Samples were collected at delivery and ELISA analysis was applied to measure the hemopexin and α1-microglobulin concentrations. In maternal blood in preeclampsia with and without FGR, hemopexin was significantly lower (p = 0.003 and p<0.001, respectively) and α1-microglobulin was significantly higher (p<0.001 in both) whereas no difference existed in normotensive FGR mothers compared to controls. In contrast, in fetal blood in growth restricted fetuses with and without preeclampsia, both hemopexin and α1-microglobulin were significantly lower (p<0.001 and p = 0.001 for hemopexin, p = 0.016 and p = 0.013 for α1-microglobulin, respectively) with no difference in fetuses from preeclampsia without FGR in comparison to controls. Thus, hemopexin and α1-microglobulin present significantly altered concentrations in maternal blood in the maternal disease -preeclampsia- and in cord blood in the fetal disease -FGR-, which supports their differential role in placenta-mediated disorders in accordance with the clinical presentation of these disorders.

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AdultAlpha-GlobulinsBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesFemaleFetal BloodFetal Growth RetardationFree Radical ScavengersHemeHemopexinHumansInfant, NewbornOxidative StressPre-EclampsiaPregnancyProspective Studiesalpha-1-microglobulinAlpha-GlobulinsBiomarkersFree Radical ScavengersHemeHemopexin

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PMID32915914
PMCPMC7485876
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