1. Infant birth weight and third trimester maternal plasma markers of vascular integrity: the MIREC study
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Premkumari Kumarathasan, Vincent, Renaud, Bielecki, Agnieszka, Blais, Erica, Blank, Katrin, Dharani Das, Karthikeyan, Subramanian, Cakmak, Sabit, Fisher, Mandy, Arbuckle, Tye, and Fraser, William
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Background: There is paucity of information on mechanisms constituting adverse birth outcomes. We assessed here the relationship between vascular integrity and adverse birth effects. Methods and results: Third trimester maternal plasma (n = 144) from the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals Study (MIREC) was analysed for vascular, inflammatory and oxidative stress markers by HPLC-fluorescence, protein array and EIA method. Analysis of the 75th percentile birth weight subgroups revealed markers associated with birth weight (ETs, MMP-9, VEGF, and 8-isoPGF-2α) and gestational age (ET-1, MMP-2, and VEGF). Conclusions: Mechanistic insights into adverse birth outcome pathways can be achieved by integrating information on multiple biomarkers, physiology using systems biology approach.