A lesson for cancer research : placental microarray gene analysis in preeclampsia

  • Tumor progression and pregnancy share many common features, such as immune tolerance and invasion. The invasion of trophoblasts in the placenta into the uterine wall is essential for fetal development, and is thus precisely regulated. Its deregulation has been implicated in preeclampsia, a leading cause for maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Pathogenesis of preeclampsia remains to be defined. Microarray-based gene profiling has been widely used for identifying genes responsible for preeclampsia. In this review, we have summarized the recent data from the microarray studies with preeclamptic placentas. Despite the complex of gene signatures, suggestive of the heterogeneity of preeclampsia, these studies identified a number of differentially expressed genes associated with preeclampsia. Interestingly, most of them have been reported to be tightly involved in tumor progression. We have discussed these interesting genes and analyzed their potential molecular functions in preeclampsia, compared with their roles in malignancy development. Further investigations are warranted to explore the involvement in molecular network of each identified gene, which may provide not only novel strategies for prevention and therapy for preeclampsia but also a better understanding of cancer cells. The trophoblastic cells, with their capacity for proliferation and differentiation, apoptosis and survival, migration, angiogenesis and immune modulation by exploiting similar molecular pathways, make them a compelling model for cancer research.

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Author:Frank LouwenORCiDGND, Cornelia Muschol-SteinmetzGND, Joscha ReinhardGND, Anke Reitter, Juping YuanORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-258367
URL:http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=article&op=view&path[]=595
DOI:https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.595
ISSN:1949-2553
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22929622
Parent Title (English):Oncotarget
Publisher:Impact Journals LLC
Place of publication:[S.l.]
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/08/23
Date of first Publication:2012/08/23
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/08/31
Tag:angiogenesis; cancer cells; immune tolerance; invasion; preeclampsia
Volume:3
Issue:8
Page Number:15
First Page:759
Last Page:773
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Copyright: © Louwen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
HeBIS-PPN:357982533
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0