Midkine Role With Deregulated Oxidative and Immune Milieu in Induction of Preeclampsia
- Conditions
- Pre-Eclampsia
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: ELISA
- Registration Number
- NCT06329284
- Lead Sponsor
- Benha University
- Brief Summary
Preeclampsia (PE) is a hypertensive pregnancy-related disorder that endangers maternal and fetal outcomes and accounts for 9-10% of maternal mortalities with its early-onset phenotype is the most dangerous, but its etiology is still not fully elucidated.
Midkine (MDK) is a multifunctional protein that plays a unique role in the development of hypertension (HTN), via its proatherogenic effect and induction of overexpression of angiotensin converting enzyme. Oxidative stress (OS) upregulates the expression of MDK and MDK induces propagation of neoangiogenesis and acts as chemotactic for neutrophils.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- Newly pregnant normotensive (NT) women with singleton fetus;
- Free of the Exclusion Criteria.
- Women with history of complicated pregnancy;
- Had manifest essential hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus or chronic kidney diseases;
- Had multiple gestational sacs, morbid obesity with Body Mass Index at time of pregnancy diagnosis over 35 kg/m2;
- Had genetic disorders, coagulopathy, autoimmune diseases or maintained on immunosuppressive therapy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Serum Midkine ELISA -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of Pre-Eclampsia (PE) 8 months Correlation between Serum midkine levels and blood pressure measurements
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Banha University
🇪🇬Banhā, El- Qalyobia, Egypt