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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Perinatol. 2024 Mar 23;51(2):391–409. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2024.02.011

Table 2.

Overview of studies on proteomic biomarkers for prediction of preeclampsia (PE)

Study Identified Biomarkers Matrix Size When Method
Targeted studies
Honigberg et al. (2016)61 - sFlt-1
- PIGF
- 2,355 Women - 10 wks
- 18 wks
- 26 wks
- 5 wks
- AUROC curve
Zeisler et al (2016)66 - sFlt-1/PIGF ratio - Sera - 500 Discovery
- 550 Validation
- 24–366/7 wks - Elecsys assays for sFlt-1
- electrochemiluminescence immunoassay platform for PIGF
Levine et al. (2006)65 - sEng
- sFlt-1/PIGF ratio
- Sera - 72 PTB PE
- 120 Term PE
- 120 Gestational hypertension
- 120 SGA
- 120 Controls
- 21–32 wks
- 33–42 wks
- ELISA
Herraiz et al. (2018)64 - sFlt-1/PIGF ratio - 24–28 wks
Taylor et al. (2015)72 - Leptin - Sera - 430 PE
- 316 Controls
- 9–26 wks - Generalized linear model
Untargeted studies
Ouyang et al.
(2007)71
- Leptin - Plasma - 53 PE
- 20 Controls
Chen et al. (2022)70 - IGFBP4
- ITIH2–4
- Plasma - 17 Early-onset PE
- 18 Late-onset PE
- 18 Controls
- At hospital admission for delivery - Untargeted MS; 370 proteins
- Targeted for validation
Maric et al. (2022)10 - Leptin
- VEGFA
- SEL-L
- SEL-E
- Plasma - 17 PE
- 16 Controls
- longitudinally - Untargeted LC-MS (1,305 proteins)
Beernik et al. (2022)69 - ApoD
- SEL-L
- Ficolin-2
- Serum amyloid A-1
- Fibrinogen beta chain
- Cartilage acidic protein 1
- Mannan-binding lectin serine protease 1
- Sera - 23 PE
- 23 Controls
- 11 wks
- 14 wks
- Untargeted LC-MS

AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristics curve; SGA, small-for-gestational-age; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; MS, mass spectrometry; LC, liquid chromatography