Assessment of relationship between serum vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) and gestational diabetes mellitus.

VAP-1 plays a crucial role in inflammation, oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction which are main pathophysiologic mechanisms for gestational diabetes. We aimed to determine serum VAP-1 levels, assess its diagnostic value and correlation with clinical parameters in gestational diabetes. A total of 60 pregnant women with gestational diabetes and 75 healthy pregnant women between 24-28th gestational weeks between January-June 2017 were included.

Maternal serum glycodelin levels in preeclampsia and its relationship with the severity of the disease.

Purpose: Preeclampsia, in which insufficient trophoblastic invasion is thought to be one of the underlying mechanisms, is a common pregnancy disorder. Glycodelin is a regulator of immunosuppression, fertilization, implantation, and placentation. Because of its inhibitory effects on trophoblastic activity, trophoblast invasion is disturbed when its levels alter.

Homocysteine in embryo culture media as a predictor of pregnancy outcome in assisted reproductive technology.

The aim of this study was to determine whether homocysteine (hcy) concentrations in embryo culture media correlate with pregnancy outcome in assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles. Forty patients who underwent single embryo transfer at the infertility clinic of a tertiary care center were recruited for this case-control study. Spent embryo culture media from all patients were collected after single embryo transfer on day 3 (n = 40).