By : Maha G. Soliman 1, Mervat Abd El Alim1, Abd El-Hady A. Zayed2 Ayaa A.Shoaip1

Abstract

Preeclampsia is a stressful condition in which many physiological and metabolic functions are altered to a considerable extent.Although pre eclampsia causes high maternal /fetal morbidity, the etiology of this multisystem disorder is still unknown. We have detected the cytokine levels inpreeclamptic women compared to normotensive pregnant and non-pregnant women.This study aimed to understand immunological network , and physiological parameters for the pathogeneses of preeclampsia.Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα ) and interleukin 10(IL-10 )were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) . C reactive protein (CRP) was evaluated as inflammatory marker in preeclampsia.Our findings demonstrated that pre eclamptic state is associated with high levels of pro inflammatory cytokine TNFα (p < 0.05) and C.R.P. By contrast, normotensive pregnancy evolved high levels of regulatory cytokine Il-10 .The present study supports the hypothesis of altered immune response in preeclampsia.

2. Pre-eclampsia - An excessive maternal immune response in Egyption wommen.
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