Journal of International Reproductive Health/Family Planning ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2): 161-166.doi: 10.12280/gjszjk.20220458

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The Relationship between Interleukin-1β and Pregnancy and Related Diseases

CHEN Cheng, FENG Xiao-ling()   

  1. Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China (CHEN Cheng);Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China (FENG Xiao-ling)
  • Received:2022-09-23 Published:2023-03-15 Online:2023-03-21
  • Contact: FENG Xiao-ling E-mail:doctorfxl@163.com

Abstract:

Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is expressable in a variety of tissues and cells. Bioactive signal of IL-1β is conducted by combining with IL-1RⅠ. It plays an important role in the initiation and regulation of inflammation and immune responses. IL-1β participates in maintaining maternal-fetal interface homeostasis throughout pregnancy. The expression level of IL-1β was changed in some pathological pregnancy. Recent studies have shown that IL-1β plays an important role in the regulation of physiological pregnancy processes such as degeneration, embryo implantation, trophoblastic invasion and placental formation, and that the abnormal expression of IL-1β is related to the occurrence and development of pregnancy-related diseases such as recurrent abortion, pre-eclampsia and preterm birth. What′s more, the abnormal expression of IL-1β is also involved in the mechanisms of destroying T cell mediated immune balance, inducing trophoblast dysfunction, promoting the degradation of collagen in amniotic membrane, and inducing apoptosis of endoplasmic reticulum stress related cells. In this paper, the role of IL-1β in maintaining physiological pregnancy and its relationship with pregnancy-related diseases are reviewed in order to provide a reference for further research on the pathological mechanism, prediction and clinical treatment of pregnancy related diseases.

Key words: Interleukin-1β, Decidualization, Maternal-fetal interface, Abortion, habitual, Pre-eclampsia