
Preeclampsia Biomarkers - The quest goes on
Author(s) -
Brinderjeet Kaur,
Rateesh Sareen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medicine and health sciences research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2663-9971
DOI - 10.21839/jmhsr.2019.v2i1.289
Subject(s) - placental growth factor , preeclampsia , soluble fms like tyrosine kinase 1 , biomarker , medicine , endothelial dysfunction , pregnancy , disease , bioinformatics , biology , biochemistry , genetics
Preeclampsia (PE) is a multisystem disorder of pregnancy and a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The disease is recently attributed to maternal endothelial dysfunction. The quest for ideal biomarker goes on. Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A), Placental growth Factor (PLGF) and sFlt-1 (soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1) are the new biomarkers that hold promise for future. We present a short review on current biomarkers that would enable us to diagnose PE timely leading to reduced maternal morbidity and mortality , justifying the saying, ‘ a stitch in time saves nine’.