Brief Communication: Maternal Plasma Autoantibodies Screening in Fetal Down Syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Imbalance in the metabolites levels which can potentially be related to certain fetal chromosomal abnormalities can stimulate mother's immune response to produce autoantibodies directed against proteins. The aim of the study was to determine the concentration of 9000 autoantibodies in maternal plasma to detect fetal Down syndrome. Method. We performed 190 amniocenteses and found 10 patients with confirmed fetal Down syndrome (15th-18th weeks of gestation). For the purpose of our control we chose 11 women without confirmed chromosomal aberration. To assess the expression of autoantibodies in the blood plasma, we used a protein microarray, which allows for simultaneous determination of 9000 proteins per sample. Results. We revealed 213 statistically significant autoantibodies, whose expressi

SUBMITTER: Charkiewicz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4799815 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature