Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy Occurrence is Associated with High Expressions of Prokineticin Receptors and Aberrant Secretion of Inflammatory Cytokines

Overview

Journal Am J Transl Res

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2020 Oct 12

PMID 33042453

Citations 4

Authors

Lin Ma

Zaiyi Li

Sujuan Xi

Quan Guo

Panlin Zhao

Weihao Li

Jing Ai

Xiaoxuan Chen

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Abstract

Objective: Tubal ectopic pregnancy (TEP) remains the most common cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in the early months of pregnancy. The aim of this study is to perform the correlation between PROKRs and pro-inflammatory genes and explore the role of novel genes in pathogenesis of TEP.

Methods: Here, quantitative real time PCR and immunohistochemistry were used to assess the expression of the novel genes in 120 TEP patients and 30 age-matched non-TEP patients. The correlation between PROKRs and pro-inflammatory genes were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to assess the risk prediction rate of novel genes. Receiver operating characteristic was used to assess the performance of our model.

Results: PROKRs (PROKR1 and PROKR2) and pro-inflammatory genes (TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-8) expression levels significantly enhanced in TEP patients, and significantly positive correlation with pro-inflammatory genes for PROKRs. A multivariate Cox regression analysis demonstrated that 2 genes (PROKR2 and IL8) had significant diagnostic value, which were associated with the occurrence and development of TEP.

Conclusion: Our data further denote that dysregulation of PROKR2 and IL-8 were risk factor and played an important role in the pathogenesis of TEP.

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