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Central European Journal of Immunology
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2/2017
vol. 42
 
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Clinical immunology

Expression level of TNF-α in decidual tissue and peripheral blood of patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion

Song Li
,
Lei Wang
,
Zhifang Xing
,
Yanping Huang
,
Zengmin Miao

(Cent Eur J Immunol 2017; 42 (2): 156-160)
Online publish date: 2017/08/08
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Objective: This study aimed to determine the express level of tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) in the decidual tissue and peripheral blood of patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA). Material and methods: Eighty RSA patients and 100 control women were recruited in this study. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to determine the expression level of TNF-α in peripheral blood and decidual tissues from both groups. Additionally, the expression level of TNF-α was compared between RSA patients with different numbers of abortions, as well as primary and secondary RSA patients.

Results: The expression level of TNF-α in peripheral blood and decidual tissues of RSA patients was significantly higher compared to the controls (p < 0.001). Patients who had undergone RSA twice expressed TNF-α in peripheral blood and decidual tissues at a similar level to patients who had experienced RSA three times (p > 0.05), but significantly lower than patients who had experienced RSA more than three times (p < 0.001). The expression level of TNF-α in peripheral blood and decidual tissues was significantly higher in the secondary RSA patients, when compared with primary RSA patients (p < 0.001).

Conclusions: Taken together, the relatively high expression level of TNF-α in decidual tissue and peripheral blood may be one of the causes of RSA and therefore could be used as a clinical indicator.
keywords:

RSA, TNF-α, ELISA, peripheral blood, decidual tissue

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