Integrated trajectories of the maternal metabolome, proteome, and immunome predict labor onset.

ABSTRACT: Estimating the time of delivery is of high clinical importance because pre- and postterm deviations are associated with complications for the mother and her offspring. However, current estimations are inaccurate. As pregnancy progresses toward labor, major transitions occur in fetomaternal immune, metabolic, and endocrine systems that culminate in birth. The comprehensive characterization of maternal biology that precedes labor is key to understanding these physiological transitions and identifying predictive biomarkers of delivery. Here, a longitudinal study was conducted in 63 women who went into labor spontaneously. More than 7000 plasma analytes and peripheral immune cell responses were analyzed using untargeted mass spectrometry, aptamer-based proteomic technology, and single-cell mas

SUBMITTER: Stelzer IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8136601 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature