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. 2011 Mar 6;60(6):509–520. doi: 10.1007/s00011-011-0319-4

Table 1.

Summary of differentially expressed gene and protein profiles in preeclampsia

Pathways/system Targets Refs.
Up-regulation
 Renin–angiotensin system (RAS) Angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE), ACE2, angiotensin II receptor, type 1 (AGTR1a), angiotensin II AT1 receptor, agonistic angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor autoantibodies [75, 76]
 Angiogenesis Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (FLT1), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), endoglin (ENG) [43, 55 75, 76, 77, 78, 79]
 Inflammation and cytokines NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4), oncostatin M (OSM), lactotransferrin, interleukin 9 (IL9), Epstein–Barr virus induced 3 (EBI3), interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 3 (IRAK3), colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R), TNF-alpha, IL-6, TGF-beta [43, 75, 76, 80]
 Stress and detoxification Cytochrome P450, family 11, subfamily A (CYP11A), CYP26A1, heme oxygenase-1 (HMOX1), epoxide hydrolase 2 (EPHX2) [27, 43, 75, 77]
 Metabolism Leptin (LEP), spermine oxidase (SMOX), acetate dehydrogenase A (LDHA), glia maturation factor, beta (GMFB), glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3B), transglutaminase 2 (TGM2), cysteine dioxygenase, type I (CDO1), insulin-like 4 (INSL4), phosphomannomutase 2 (PMM2) [38, 43, 76, 77, 79]
 Adhesion Claudin 6 (CLDN6), catenin (CTNNB1), cadherin 5 (CDH5), vitronectin (VTN), protocadherin alpha 3 (PCDHA3), selectin-P (SELP), neural cell adhesion molecule 1 (NCAM1) [43, 75, 79, 80, 81]
 Cell structure Titin (TTN), actinin 4 (ACTN4), fibulin 1 (FBLN1), filamin B (FLNB), talin 1 (TLN1), dystroglycan 1 (DAG1), fibronectin 1 (FN1), adducin 1 (ADD1), integrin, alpha 2 (ITGA2) [75, 79, 81]
 Signal Mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (MAPK1), MAPK4, protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 1 (PTPN1), PTPN6, PTPN11, PTPN12, SHC (Src homology 2 domain containing) transforming protein 1 (SHC1), SMAD4, growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (GRB2), protein kinase C, zeta (PRKCZ), protein tyrosine kinase 2 (PTK2), v-src sarcoma (Schmidt-Ruppin A-2) viral oncogene homolog (SRC), vav 2 guanine nucleotide exchange factor (VAV2), vestigial like 1 (VGLL1), protein C receptor (PROCR), caspase-10 (CASP10), death receptor 3 (DR-3), regulator of G-protein signaling 5 (RGS5), cyclin B1 (CCNB1) [43, 75, 81, 82]
 Protease Laeverin (AQPEP), a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 12, meltrin-alpha (ADAM 12), secretory leukocyte peptidase inhibitor (SLPI), endothelial nitric oxide synthesis (eNOS) [75, 78, 83]
 Others Coagulation factor II (thrombin) receptor (F2R), Fc fragment of IgG, low affinity IIb, receptor (CD32) (FCGR2B), Fc fragment of IgG, high affinity Ia, receptor (CD64) (FCGR1A), inhibin A (INHA), estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1), T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain containing 2 (TIMD2), integral membrane protein 2A (ITM2a), immunoglobulin superfamily, member 3 (IGSF3) [40, 75]
Down-regulation
 Angiogenesis Matrix metallopeptidase 1 (MMP1), MMP10, fibroblast growth factor binding protein 1 (FGFBP1), vasohibin 1 (VASH1), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 15 (EPS15) [73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81]
 Protease MMP-7, MMP-12, plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (SERPINE1, PAI-1) [41] [80, 84]
 Metabolism Aldo–keto reductase family 1, member C3 (AKR1C3), solute carrier family 25, member 13 (SLC25A13) [85]
 Growth factors Platelet derived growth factor D (PDGFD), insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) [78, 82]
 Adhesion KiSS-1 metastasis-suppressor (KISS-1) [41] [86]
 Others Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, three domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 2 (KIR3DL2), churchill domain containing 1 (CHURC1), nuclear receptor subfamily 4, group A, member 2 (NR4A2) [81]