Abstract:Objective To investigate the serum placental growth factor levels in different stages of type 2 diabetic nephropathy and to analyze the relationship among the influencing factors. Methods A total of 90 type 2 diabetic nephropathy patients were diagnosed by renal biopsy admitted to the affiliated hospital of Mongolia medical university between January 2016 and May 2018 were enrolled in this study. According urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER), the type 2 diabetic nephropathy were divided into three group: normal albuminuria (A group, n = 30, UAER<30 mg/24 h); early diabetic nephropathy (B group, n = 30, 30 ~ 300 mg/24 h); clinical diabetic nephropathy (C group, n = 30, UAER>300 mg/24 h), and 30 healthy people acted as the control. The serum placental growth factor of three groups were compared and the correlation between each index and placental growth factor was analyzed. Results The levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG), postprandial blood glucose (2hPG), urea nitrogen (BUN), C-reactive protein (CRP) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in normal albuminuria group, early diabetic nephropathy group and clinical diabetic nephropathy group were higher than those in control group (P < 0.05). FBG, 2 hPG, TG, Scr, Hb, BUN and CRP in the disease group were higher than those in the normal albuminuria group (P < 0.05); FBG, 2 hPG, Scr, BUN, CRP, UAER and HbA1c in the clinical diabetic nephropathy group were higher than those in the early diabetic nephropathy group (P < 0.05). Serum PLGF levels were positively correlated with course of disease, FBG, 2 hPG, Scr, BUN, CRP, UAER and HbA1c (r = 0.433, 0.372, 0.374, 0.722, 0.384, 0.301, 0.861 and 0.492, P < 0.05), negatively correlated with Hb and Alb (r = 0.639 and -0.353, P < 0.05). The influence of serum PLGF level was HbA1c, UAER, FBG and Scr (P < 0.05). Conclusions Serum concentration of placental growth factor in type 2 diabetic nephropathy especially clinical diabetic nephropathy patients increases, meanwhile PLGF is correlated with Scr, UAER, FBG and HbA1c, suggesting placental growth factor is involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetic nephropathy.