Transcription profiling of decidua basalis from women with normal pregnancies or preeclampsia and/or fetal growth restriction

ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to compare gene expression profiles in decidua basalis from cases with complicated pregnancies to those from healthy pregnant controls. Cases included pregnant women with preeclampsia (PE) and/or fetal growth restriction (FGR). Decidual tissue was obtained by vacuum suction of the placental bed after the placenta was delivered. Women with PE and/or FGR were included as cases. PE was defined as persistent hypertension (blood pressure (BP) ¡Ý 140/90 mm Hg), plus proteinuria (¡Ý0.3g/24 h or ¡Ý2+ according to a dipstick test), developing after 20 weeks of pregnancy. FGR implied birth weight under 2 standard deviations (SD) below the expected birth weight, as related to gestational age (GA) and sex. Due to tissue sampling procedures, only cases delivered by cesarean section (CS) were included. Healthy women with normal pregnancies, undergoing CS for various reasons considered irrelevant to the aim of this study (e. g. breech presentation and previous CS), served as controls. Tissue was immediately submerged in a RNA stabilisation solution (RNAlater, Ambion, Huntingdon, U.K.), incubated at 4¡ãC overnight and stored at -80¡ãC

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

DISEASE(S): fetal growth restriction

SUBMITTER: Irina Eide 

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1050 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress