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This study explored the correlation of MMP-9 with miR-181a-5p in severe preeclampsia (SPE). Placental tissues and serum were collected from 30 pregnant SPE patients (aged 29.42 ± 3.75) and 30 normal pregnant women (aged 27.72 ± 2.21), followed by detecting MMP-9 and miR-181a-5p fold changes using RT-qPCR, and grouped as follows: high expression groups (≥median value): H-MMP-9 and H-miR-181a-5p vs. low expression groups (<median value): L-MMP-9 and L-miR-181a-5p. MMP-9 was weakly expressed (F = 709.99, p < 0.001; F = 670.45, p < 0.001) (serum: 0.41 ± 0.06 (fold changes); placenta: 0.42 ± 0.09 (fold changes)), whereas miR-181a-5p was highly expressed (F = 284.93, p < 0.001; F = 353.78, p < 0.001) (serum: 2.26 ± 0.39; placenta: 2.02 ± 0.29) in SPE patients. MMP-9 was negatively correlated with miR-181a-5p (serum: r = −0.5767, p = 0.0009; placenta: r = −0.5667, p = 0.0011) in SPE patients. MMP-9 showed positive-correlation with gestational week at delivery (r = 0.7625; p < 0.0001) and infant weight (r = 0.4947; p < 0.0001) of SPE patients. miR-181-5p showed negative-correlation (gestational week at delivery: r = −0.5614, p = 0.0012; infant weight: r = −0.4081, p = 0.0252). H-MMP-9 group had lower adverse outcome than L-MMP-9 group (p = 0.0006), and H-miR-181a-5p group had higher adverse outcome than L-miR-181a-5p group (p = 0.0036). In brief, MMP-9 was negatively correlated with miR-181a-5p in serum and placenta of SPE patients. MMP-9 and miR-181a-5p affected gestational week at delivery and infant weight, providing novel targets for SPE treatment.
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Y.J.Z., L.W. contributed to the study concepts, study design, and definition of intellectual content; F.F.N. contributed to the literature research; Y.J.Z., L.W., F.F.N., Y.Y.L. contributed to the manuscript preparation and L.F. contributed to the manuscript editing and review; Y.J.Z., L.W., F.F.N. contributed to the experimental studies and data acquisition; Y.Y.L., L.F. contributed to the data analysis and statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Zheng, Y., Wang, L., Niu, F. et al. MMP-9 and miR-181a-5p in serum and placenta are associated with adverse outcomes of patients with severe preeclampsia and their infants. J Hum Hypertens 36, 1072–1077 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-021-00643-z
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