Clinical value of serum BMP-4, BMP-2, GDF-15, MMP-9, GP39 levels in pregnant women with obesity and the related comorbidities diabetes mellitus and gestational hypertension
Date
2023/2Author
YURTCU, NazanYarsilikal Guleroglu, Filiz
Selvi, Esra
uran Bakirci, Isil
Bafaloı, Olgu
Argun Atalmis, Hatice
Çetin, Ali
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Aims We evaluated the clinical value of selected serum biomarkers BMP-4, BMP-2, GDF-15, MMP-9, and GP39 in pregnant women with obesity and the comorbidities diabetes mellitus (DM) and gestational hypertension (GHT).
Methods This observational study had groups of controls, including healthy pregnant women; women with only obesity, including pregnant women with BMI≥30 kg/m2; women with gestational DM (GDM) with obesity, including pregnant women with GDM and obesity; women with pregestational DM (PGDM) with obesity, including pregnant women with PGDM and obesity; and women with GHT with obesity, including pregnant women with GHT and obesity. We measured serum levels of selected biomarkers by ELISA.
ResultsObesity increased serum levels of all the biomarkers; GDM developed in obese women caused a more pronounced increase in the serum levels of BMP-4 and BMP-2, and GHT developed in obese women caused a more pronounced increase in the serum levels of GDF-15. In the women with GDM-, PGDM-, and GHT-complicated obesity, serum levels of MMP-9 and GP39 did not change meaningfully.
Conclusions Obesity and its comorbidities DM and GHT lead to meaningful changes in the studied serum biomarkers. Since obesity has a causal effect on developing numerous conditions, reliable clinical biomarkers are needed to improve the early prediction and diagnosis of high-risk conditions during pregnancy.
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Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und NeonatologieVolume
227Issue
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https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-1937-1155https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/14925