Project description:Preeclampsia is a heterogeneous and complex disease caused by multiple factors, including heredity and environment. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive due to diverse races, geography, and other factors. Previous findings have revealed that there is a tendency for preeclampsia to run in families. To define genetic factors associated with preeclampsia, we performed a genome-wide analysis of preeclampsia samples from 10 preeclampsia cases and 10 healthy age- and gravidity-matched normotensive pregnant women. We identified 27 aberrant copy number variations related to preeclampsia, including 22 deletions and 5 duplications. These differential copy number variant regions involved 27 differential genes, including SPATA6L, PPP2R3B, PREX2, IL1RAPL1, OR52N1, OR52N5, CHSY1, DPP6, KRTAP9-7, LPA, NTRK1, BTNL3, TBC1D3F, TBC1D3, LOC440434 , EYA2, APOBEC3A_B, APOBEC3A, APOBEC3B, FHIT, EXT1, PRR14, FBRS, LMF1, MALT1, BCAS1, and MIR4756. These findings suggest that these differential genes may be associated with the pathogenesis of preeclampsia and require further investigation.