IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 47 / Issue 6 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog.2020.06.5425
Open Access Original Research
Maternal serum levels of SCUBE1 in missed abortion
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1 Nigde Omer Halisdemir University Medical Faculty Education and Research Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nigde, Turkey
2 İzmir Katip Celebi University, Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, İzmir, Turkey
3 Nigde Omer Halisdemir University Medical Faculty Department of Biochemistry, Nigde, Turkey
4 Ankara City Education and Research Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara, Turkey
*Correspondence: destegulemre@hotmail.com (EMRE DESTEGÜL)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2020, 47(6), 862–866; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog.2020.06.5425
Submitted: 11 December 2019 | Accepted: 30 April 2020 | Published: 15 December 2020
Copyright: © 2020 Destegül et al. Published by IMR Press
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Abstract

Purpose of Investigation: To investigate the alterations of SCUBE1 levels in patients with missed abortion. Materials and Methods: Patients with missed abortion (n = 40) and age and gestational age-matched with normal early pregnancy cases (n = 40) were recruited for the study. All the patients’ ultrasound examinations were performed by single physician to assess the variability of conception. And to evaluate the SCUBE1 levels, venous blood samples were collected and measured with specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Results: SCUBE1 levels were found lower at missed group than control group (p < 0.001) while other hematologic parameters were similar in both groups. Conclusion: Low maternal blood levels of the SCUBE1 may be related with missed abortion by causing alterations in placental angiogenesis.

Keywords
Missed abortion
SCUBE1
Pregnancy loss
Signal peptide-CUB epidermal growth factor domain containing protein
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