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KURAMOTO, M., OKAMURA, K., HAMAZAKI, Y., FURUKAWA, K. and SUZUKI, M. The Role of Circulating Immune-Complex in Pregnancy. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 982, 138 (1), 7-15 The circulating immune complexes (CIC) in pregnancy sera have been thought to be involved in immunosuppression and to be one cause of pre-eclampsia. We detected CIC in human pregnancy sera using Raji cell test. A significant positive correlation was observed between the titers of immune-complexes and the immunosuppression. Although there was no correlation between the titers of CIC and clinical symptoms of pre-eclampsia evaluated at 29 to 31 week, a strong correlation was observed between the titers of CIC at 29 to 31 week and clinical symptoms of pre-eclampsia evaluated just before delivery. These results suggest that CIC in pregnancy sera functions immunosuppressively and also causes pre-eclampsia. It is useful to measure CIC levels for predisposing pre-eclampsia.
