Angiogenic Properties of Menstrual Stem Cells Are Impaired in Women with a History of Preeclampsia

Table 3

Levels of angiogenic factors secreted from MenSCs.

Characteristics	Control ()	PE ()	value
VEGF (pg/ml)/mg total protein, median (IQ)	20.05 (13.70-45.18)	11.40 (5.438-17.60)	0.0233^∗
sEng (ng/ml)/mg total protein, median (IQ)	0.066 (0.042-0.082)	0.088 (0.061-0.1845)	0.0637
sFlt1 (pg/ml)/mg total protein, median (IQ)	81.38 (30.43-117.2)	91.36 (20.39-281.3)	0.3826
Angiopoietin-1 (pg/ml)/mg total protein, median (IQ)	103.3 (28.99-168.9)	136.3 (48.26-239.7)	0.2264
Angiopoietin-2 (pg/ml)/mg total protein, median (IQ)	59.75 (40.76-128.9)	61.34 (37.49-127.7)	0.3275

Abbreviations: VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; sEng: soluble endoglin; sFlt1: soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1; pg: picograms; ng: nanograms; ml: milliliters; mg: milligrams. Results are (interquartile). Statistical analysis was performed using Student’s -tests. , significant.