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Fertility and Sterility
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The effect of the biochemical marker soluble human leukocyte antigen G on pregnancy outcome in assisted reproductive technology—a multicenter study

Authors: Carl Lombard; Levent Keskintepe; Trishanta Padayachee; Thinus F. Kruger; Geoffrey Sher; Dirk Kotze;

The effect of the biochemical marker soluble human leukocyte antigen G on pregnancy outcome in assisted reproductive technology—a multicenter study

Abstract

To determine whether the presence of soluble human leukocyte antigen G (sHLA-G) affects implantation and pregnancy outcomes in vitro.A multicenter retrospective study.Six certified in vitro fertilization (IVF) units.Embryos obtained from 2,040 patients from six different IVF clinics.Soluble HLA-G determination on day-2 embryos after intracytoplasmic sperm injection, with embryos transferred on day 3 using the sHLA-G data.Ongoing pregnancy rate (10- to 12-week ultrasound finding).All embryos were individually cultured, and a chemiluminescence enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the presence of sHLA-G in the culture medium surrounding the embryos. Embryos were selected based on a positive sHLA-G result and a graduated embryo scoring (GES) score >70, or on embryo morphology if the test was negative. In all centers, a positive sHLA-G result was associated with an increase in the odds of an ongoing pregnancy. The incidence of an ongoing pregnancy was 2.52 times greater in embryos transferred on day 3 with a positive sHLA-G test result than the incidence of an ongoing pregnancy in embryos with a negative sHLA-G test result.Data from this multicenter study confirm that sHLA-G expression is a valuable noninvasive embryo marker to assist in improving pregnancy outcomes, with the theoretical potential to reduce multiple pregnancies.

Keywords

Adult, HLA-G Antigens, Time Factors, Pregnancy Rate, Reproductive Techniques, Assisted, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Embryo Transfer, Embryo Culture Techniques, South Africa, Blastocyst, Logistic Models, Treatment Outcome, Pregnancy, Culture Media, Conditioned, Odds Ratio, Humans, Female, Embryo Implantation, Biomarkers, Retrospective Studies

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