Evaluation of the predictive values of elevated serum l-homoarginine and dimethylarginines in preeclampsia

Autor: Xiangmei Yuan, Leiming Cai, Fengmei Hu, Li Xie, Xiong Chen, Jingjing Wu, Qian Li
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Amino Acids. 54:1215-1227
ISSN: 1438-2199
0939-4451
Popis: l-homoarginine (hARG) is involved in nitric oxide biosynthesis, but its role and concentration in preeclampsia (PE) have not been fully revealed. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a feasible clinical assay to quantify serum hARG, arginine (ARG), asymmetric (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginines (SDMA) levels by LC–MS/MS and investigate their differences at different stages of pregnancy with or without preeclampsia. Serum samples were collected from 84 pregnant women without complications (controls), 84 with mild preeclampsia (MPE), and 81 with severe preeclampsia (SPE) at various gestation stages (before the 20th week, during the 20th–28th week or after the 28th week of gestation). No significant difference in ARG levels was observed between PE and controls at any stage (P > 0.05). The serum hARG levels and hARG/ADMA ratios of MPE before the 20th week were higher than those of controls (P P P P
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