OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to carry out a comparative analysis of the maternal and umbilical cord TNFalpha serum levels in pregnancies complicated by severe preeclampsia with normal intrauterine fetal growth, in preeclamptic pregnancies with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), and in normotensive pregnant patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study was carried out on eight patients with severe preeclampsia complicated by IUGR and 18 preeclamptic patients with normal intrauterine fetal growth. The control group consisted of 18 healthy normotensive patients with singleton uncomplicated pregnancies. Maternal and umbilical serum TNFalpha concentrations were estimated using a sandwich ELISA assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Pregnant women with severe preeclampsia had significantly higher maternal and umbilical serum TNFalpha levels than those in the normotensive controls. Our findings and other reports indicate that TNFalpha may participate in the pathogenesis and sequelae of preeclampsia with and without IUGR. The results of excessive umbilical serum activity of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) in preeclamptic pregnancy complicated by intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) may suggest additional changes and dysfunction of the placental-fetal unit and deterioration of placental function, leading to fetal hypotrophia in the course of preeclampsia.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to carry out a comparative analysis of the maternal and umbilical cord TNFalpha serum levels in pregnancies complicated by severe preeclampsia with normal intrauterine fetal growth, in preeclamptic pregnancies with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), and in normotensive pregnant patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study was carried out on eight patients with severe preeclampsia complicated by IUGR and 18 preeclamptic patients with normal intrauterine fetal growth. The control group consisted of 18 healthy normotensive patients with singleton uncomplicated pregnancies. Maternal and umbilical serum TNFalpha concentrations were estimated using a sandwich ELISA assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Pregnant women with severe preeclampsia had significantly higher maternal and umbilical serum TNFalpha levels than those in the normotensive controls. Our findings and other reports indicate that TNFalpha may participate in the pathogenesis and sequelae of preeclampsia with and without IUGR. The results of excessive umbilical serum activity of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) in preeclamptic pregnancy complicated by intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) may suggest additional changes and dysfunction of the placental-fetal unit and deterioration of placental function, leading to fetal hypotrophia in the course of preeclampsia.
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