Preeclamptic Patients and Pentraxin 3 & Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2

"Pentraxin (PTX3) is an inflammatory molecule that belongs to a recently identified, well-known C-reactive protein (CRP) family.~PTX3 plasma levels increase in vascular disorders including myocardial infarction and correlate with small vessel vasculitis and outcome or disease activity.~These biological and clinical features of PTX3 have led us to investigate this molecule in preeclampsia, a syndrome characterized by a prominent vascular component."

Lp-PLA2 is a recently described and potentially useful plasma biomarker associated with cardiovascular diseases. Because of this effect, we will investigate that preeclampsia also be beneficial.