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Figure 2.

Heparanase, TFPI-2, and VEGF-A are elevated in placentas with vascular insufficiency.

A schematic summary of two studies73,74 implying elevated levels of heparanase, TFPI-2, and VEGF-A in placentas of women with recurrent fetal losses, IUGR deliveries, and normal vaginal deliveries. In these three conditions vascular insufficiency occurs. As heparanase has a procoagulant role, it potentially can contribute to thrombosis in these placentas.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2012 January; 3(1): e0002. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2012 January 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10069.
Copyright : © 2012 Nadir and Brenner