Blood serum of patients with gastric ( = 68) and esophageal ( = 43) cancer was assessed for proteolytic fragments of IgG. Serum samples of 20 healthy donors were used as a control. We analyzed indicators of hemostasis (prothrombin time, fibrinogen, plasminogen activity, a2-antiplasmin activity, protein C activity) in blood plasma and the level of total IgG in the blood serum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and preeclampsia (PE) are common pregnancy complications with similar risk factors. Although GDM is associated with PE, the exact mechanism underlying the association is unclear. The objective of this work was to study the morphofunctional and molecular changes in the placenta and peripheral blood in PE and GDM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMast cells (MCs) are highly differentiated and multifunctional immune cells. The importance of TC has been established not only as mediators of allergic reactions, but also for the development of an immune response, the occurrence of certain autoimmune diseases, tissue homeostasis, the formation of immunotolerance and metastasis of malignant tumors. MCs are present in the endometrium of women in various value depending on age, the phase of the menstrual cycle, the presence of pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The concern of the global community of gynecologists and obstetricians (FIGO) regarding the increase in the number of caesarean sections has resulted in the creation of a new classification, Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS), which presents degrees of villus invasion into the uterine wall.
Objective: Compare the main types of atypical placentation (AP) with the stages of PAS, to supplement and unify the clinical and morphological criteria AP.
Material And Methods: Surgical material was examined from 73 women after metroplasty (=61) and hysterectomies (=12) from the regions of Russia, Moscow and the Moscow region for ingrown villi and from 10 women with a typical placenta location during the first cesarean section.
Preeclampsia (PE) is one of the most dangerous complications of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, proteinuria, and symptoms of multiple organ failure, which are detected de novo after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is one of the first to recognize pregnancy and is an important regulator of blood pressure. The placenta has its own RAAS, the role of which in the development of PE is not fully understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(1) Background: The components of the fibrinolytic system and its main component, plasminogen, play a key role in the first months of pregnancy. The effect of autoantibodies interacting with plasminogen in the formation of retrochorial hematoma is unknown. The aim of our study was to determine the role of plasminogen and IgA, IgM, and IgG, which bind to plasminogen, in retrochorial hematoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe myocardium of children with tetralogy of Fallot (TF) undergoes hemodynamic overload and hypoxemia immediately after birth. Comparative analysis of changes in the ploidy and morphology of the right ventricular cardiomyocytes in children with TF in the first years of life demonstrated their significant increase compared with the control group. In children with TF, there was a predominantly diffuse distribution of Connexin43-containing gap junctions over the cardiomyocytes sarcolemma, which redistributed into the intercalated discs as cardiomyocytes differentiation increased.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTelocytes are interstitial cells with long, thin processes by which they contact each other and form a network in the interstitium. Myocardial remodeling of adult patients with different forms of atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs with an increase in fibrosis, age-related isolated atrial amyloidosis (IAA), cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and myolysis. This study aimed to determine the ultrastructural and immunohistochemical features of cardiac telocytes in patients with AF and AF + IAA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTelocytes, a new type of interstitial stem cells with long thin processes that form a three-dimensional network around cardiomyocytes, vessels, and nerve fibers were described in the myocardium of children with tetralogy of Fallot. Two types of morphologically different telocytes, spindle-shaped and rounded, were identified. Contacts of telocytes with stem cells and interstitial macrophages were found.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreeclampsia (PE) is a multisystem disorder associated with pregnancy and its frequency varies from 5 to 20 percent of pregnancies. Although a number of preeclampsia studies have been carried out, there is no consensus about disease etiology and pathogenesis so far. Peptides of 1-antitrypsin) in urine remain one of the most promising peptide markers of PE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe expression of TLR8 in the placental tissue was studied in specimens from women of reproductive age with early- and late-onset preeclampsia (12 and 8 patients, respectively). The reference groups included 15 women: 10 with uneventful full-term pregnancy and 5 with preterm operative delivery on gestation weeks 28-33. The expression of TLR8 in placental structures was maximum in early-onset preeclampsia (p<0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe evaluated the content of cell-free fetal DNA in maternal blood and expression of ZBP-1 receptors in the placental tissue of women with uncomplicated pregnancy, preeclampsia, and preterm labor. The study included 16 women with preeclampsia (early and late-onset preeclampsia, 8 cases each), 16 women with preterm labor, and 21 women with uncomplicated pregnancy. The concentration of cell-free fetal DNA was measured by PCR by detecting hypermethylated region of the RASSF1A gene.
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October 2019
The expression of RIG-1 in placenta samples was assessed in women of reproductive age with early- and late-onset preeclampsia and cesarean delivery at 27-39 weeks of gestation. The highest expression of RIG-1 was found in the syncytiotrophoblast of placental villi in the group with uncomplicated full-term pregnancy (normal); RIG-1 expression in groups with early- and late-onset preeclampsia was significantly (p<0.01) lower.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe studied the peculiarities of the expression of TLR4 and its inhibitor Tollip in placentas obtained from women aged 23-40 years with early- and late-onset preeclampsia. Histological examination of placental tissue (hematoxylin and eosin staining) and immunohistochemical analysis with primary monoclonal antibodies to TLR4 and Tollip were performed on serial paraffin sections. It was found that the expression of TLR4 increased with increasing gestation term in both the syncytiotrophoblast and vascular endothelium of the placental villi (p<0.
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October 2018
The expression of microRNA-17, microRNA-181a, and microRNA-519a in the villous tree in preeclampsia was analyzed using chromogenic in situ hybridization technique (CISH). It was found that in early-onset preeclampsia, the expression of microRNA-17 in the syncytiotrophoblast was higher (p<0.05) than in late preeclampsia, and the expression of microRNA-519a was higher (p<0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Poster Sessions, the author name G. Khlestova was incorrectly presented as 'K. Galina' in the authorship group for Abstract PS-18-017 (page S151).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChanges in the levels of rennin, angiotensin II, and angiotensin (1-7) were studied during normal pregnancy. The blood was taken on gestation days 140-237 and 238-280. No significant changes in renin concentration were observed during normal pregnancy (p=0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new cell type, interstitial Cajal-like cell (ICLC), was recently described in different organs. The name was recently changed to telocytes (TCs), and their typical thin, long processes have been named telopodes (Tp). TCs regulate the contractile activity of smooth muscle cells and play a role in regulating vessel contractions.
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February 2018
Background: Nowadays autologous mesenchymal placental stromal cells (MSCs) may use to treat for various diseases both of the mother and the child. Stroma of the placenta villi is appropriated origin for cell culture isolation.
Aim: of the study was to evaluate the possibility for selection and use of placental tissue for mesenchymal stromal cells.
Bull Exp Biol Med
November 2017
DAI-1 receptor (DNA-dependent activator of IFN-regulatory factors; DLM-1/ZBP-1) is an innate immunity cytoplasmic receptor of the DNA-recognition receptor class of antiviral immunity. DAI-1 expression reflects the severity of the inflammatory response that plays the key role in the pathogenesis of pregnancy complications. We studied DAI-1 receptor expression in the placental villi in early- and late-onset preeclampsia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe studied the expression of microRNA-146a and microRNA-155 in placental villi from 18 women (26-39 weeks of gestation) of reproductive age with early- or late-onset preeclampsia. The reference group consisted of women with physiological pregnancy and full-term gestation and with preterm birth after caesarian section on gestation week 26-31. MicroRNA-146a and microRNA-155 were detected by in situ hybridization with digoxigenin on paraffin sections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTelocytes of placental villi were studied by electronic microscopy during physiological pregnancy. Ultrastructural features of telocytes indicating their heterogeneity and presence of at least three types of villi depending on their localization and kind were observed. All placental telocytes were characterized by small amount of organelles including mitochondria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlacentas from women aged 25-32 years with normal course of gestation were studied. It is essential to stick to certain methodological approaches for preparing viable multipotent mesenchymal stromal cell culture and to carry out morphological (macro and micro) evaluation of the chorionic villi, umbilical cords, and placentas. At stage I of the study, patients' histories, labor course, and examinations of the newborns should be analyzed to exclude women with genital and extragenital diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe article describes an acardiac fetus in a patient with monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy with reversed arterial perfusion syndrome at 30 weeks' gestation. It gives postmortem fetal computed tomographic and pathoanatomic data. Microarray of acardiac fetal tissues revealed that there was deletion of chromosome 19 - arr [hg19] 19p13.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonochorionic multiple pregnancy has a higher risk for obstetric complications, including those due to the development of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and reversed arterial perfusion syndrome (TRAP sequence). The latter occurs in 0.1% of all monochorionic pregnancies.
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