Circulating survivin levels in healthy and asthmatic pregnancy

A. Bikov, R. Bocskei, N. Eszes, A. Bohacs, G. Losonczy, J. Rigo, I. Horvath, L. Tamasi

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Abstract

Background: Asthma is one of the most common conditions which complicate pregnancy. Pro- and anti-apoptotic mechanisms can be modulated by asthma accompanying pregnancy. Survivin, an anti-apoptotic protein has been implicated in the pathomechanism of asthma and also in the development of pathological pregnancies; however survivin has not been studied in pregnant asthmatics.Methods: Twenty-eight asthmatic pregnant (AP), 25 asthmatic non-pregnant (ANP), 21 healthy pregnant (HP) and 29 healthy non-pregnant (HNP) women were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Plasma survivin concentration was determined by ELISA.Results: Plasma survivin was significantly lower in HP (1.64 /0-74.9/ pg/ml) than in HNP (24.6 /0-333.3/ pg/ml, p = 0.01). However, this difference was not observed between the asthmatic groups (p = 0.64). Similarly, there was no difference either between HNP and ANP (10.5 /0-215.4/ pg/ml, p = 0.23) or between HP and AP (13.9 /0-364.1/ pg/ml, p = 0.30) groups.Conclusions: Decreased plasma survivin levels in physiological but not in asthmatic pregnancy may suggest that the normal apoptotic mechanisms are compromised in asthmatic gestation. © 2014 Bikov et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
JournalReproductive Biology and Endocrinology
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Apoptosis
  • Asthma
  • Pregnancy
  • Survivin
  • survivin
  • BIRC5 protein, human
  • inhibitor of apoptosis protein
  • adult
  • Article
  • asthma
  • blood sampling
  • clinical article
  • controlled study
  • cross-sectional study
  • enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
  • female
  • human
  • pathophysiology
  • pregnancy
  • pregnant woman
  • apoptosis
  • blood
  • down regulation
  • Hungary
  • immunology
  • metabolism
  • outpatient department
  • pregnancy complication
  • second trimester pregnancy
  • teaching hospital
  • third trimester pregnancy
  • Adult
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Down-Regulation
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Humans
  • Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins
  • Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third

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