Project description:The iTRAQ analysis combined with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was performed to separate differentially expressed placental proteins from 4 pregnant women with ICP and 4 healthy pregnant women.
Project description:DNA microarray was applied to characterize the whole-genome expression profiles of placentas during ICP development. Pregnant women were categorized evenly into three groups: healthy group; mild ICP, with serum bile-acid concentration ranging from 10M-bM-^@M-^S40 uM; and severe ICP, with bile-acid concentration >40 uM.
Project description:Fecal and amniotic fluid samples were collected from 25 pregnant women undergoing elective Caesarean section delivery after a term pregnancy at Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) were isolated from both sample types and their protein cargo analyzed using LC-ESI-MS/MS.
Project description:Objective: To explore the characteristics and underlying molecular mechanisms of genome-scale expression profiles of women with- or without- GDM and their offspring. Materials and Methods: We recruited a group of 21 pregnant women with GDM and 20 healthy pregnant women as controls. For each pregnant women, RNA-seq were performed using the placenta and paired neonatal umbilical cord blood specimens. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified with BMI of pregnant women as covariates. Then, functional enrichment analysis was performed separately or interactively in placenta and umbilical cord blood. Results: Through the comparison of GDM and healthy samples, 1442 and 488 DEGs were identified from placenta and umbilical cord blood, respectively. Functional enrichment analysis showed that the placenta expression profiles of GDM women mirrored the molecular characteristics of type II diabetes and insulin resistance patients. DEGs illustrated significant overlaps among placenta and umbilical cord blood samples, and the overlapping DEGs were associated with endocrine resistance and insulin resistance. Conclusions: Our research demonstrated the transcriptomic alternations of GDM mothers and offspring. Our findings emphasized the importance of epigenetic modifications in the communication between pregnant women with GDM and offspring, and provided reference for the prevention, control, treatment, and intervention of perinatal deleterious events of GDM and neonatal complications.
Project description:<p><strong>OBJECTIVE:</strong> Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes to the mother and fetus. As yet, the metabolic profiles and the association of the clinical features remain obscure.</p><p><strong>METHODS:</strong> Fifty seven healthy pregnant women and 52 patients with ICP were recruited in this study. Plasma samples were obtained from pregnancies who received prenatal care between the 30-36 weeks. Untargeted metabolomics to portray metabolic profiles were performed by LC/MS. Mul- combined with univariate data analysis and statistical analysis were performed to select differential metabolites between ICP and control group. Debiased sparse partial correlation (DSPC) network analysis of differential metabolites was performed to explore the potential mutual regulation among metabolites on the basis of de-sparsified graphical lasso modeling procedure. Pathway analysis was performed using MetaboAnalyst. Linear regression and Pearson correlation analysis were applied to analyze correlations associated with bile acid levels, metabolites, newborn weight and pregnancy outcome in ICP patients.</p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Conspicuous metabolic changes and choreographed metabolic profiles were disclosed: 125 annotated metabolites and eighteen metabolic pathways were disturbed in ICP patients. DSPC networks indicated dense interactions among amino acids and their derivatives, bile acids, carbohydrates and organic acids. The levels of total bile acid were increased in ICP patients with meconium-stained amniotic fluid compared with those without MSAF. Abnormal tryptophan metabolism, elevated long chain saturated fatty acid and estrone sulfate levels, and low antioxidant capacity were relevant to increasing bile acid levels. Correlation analysis showed that newborn body weights were significant correlated with the levels of several bile acids and some metabolites of amino acids.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> The ICP patient showed metabolic disorder, and the levels of a number of metabolites were correlated with TBA levels and neonatal body weights. These results provide us important information to further understand the metabolic characteristics of patients with ICP and adverse pregnancy outcomes.</p>
Project description:To explore the influence of choline intake and pregnancy status on gene expression, we employed whole genome microarray expression profiling to identify genes that were differentially expressed between two choline intake groups and between pregnant and non-pregnant women. Healthy third trimester (gestational week 26-29) pregnant women and non-pregnant women were randomized to a 12-week choline controlled feeding study. The participants consumed either 480 (n=6 pregnant and n=5 non-pregnant) or 930 (n=6 pregnant and n=5 non-pregnant) mg choline/d. Fasting peripheral blood leukocyte samples were collected at week 0 and week 12 to extract RNA and perform the arrays.
Project description:To explore the influence of choline intake and pregnancy status on gene expression, we employed whole genome microarray expression profiling to identify genes that were differentially expressed between two choline intake groups and between pregnant and non-pregnant women. Healthy third trimester (gestational week 26-29) pregnant women and non-pregnant women were randomized to a 12-week choline controlled feeding study. The participants consumed either 480 (n=6 pregnant and n=5 non-pregnant) or 930 (n=6 pregnant and n=5 non-pregnant) mg choline/d. Fasting peripheral blood leukocyte samples were collected at week 0 and week 12 to extract RNA and perform the arrays. Healthy third trimester (gestational week 26-29) pregnant women and non-pregnant women were randomized to a 12-week choline controlled feeding study. The participants consumed either 480 (n=6 pregnant and n=5 non-pregnant) or 930 (n=6 pregnant and n=5 non-pregnant) mg choline/d for 12 weeks. Fasting (10-h) peripheral blood leukocyte gene expression were measured at week 0 and week 12.
Project description:The Illumina Infinium 27k Human DNA methylation Beadchip v1.2 was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles across approximately 27,000 CpGs in white blood cells from women with and without BRCA1 mutation. Whole blood samples were drawn from 30 BRCA1 mutation carriers (15 women with breast cancer and 15 healthy women with mean age 57.2) and 30 females without BRCA1 mutation (15 breast cancers and 15 healthy with mean age 57.1). All samples were collected between 2001 and 2008. The samples were drawn from women attending the General Faculty Hospital in Prague and the complete coding sequence, intron-exon junctions and large rearrangements for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were tested.
Project description:These libraries are part of a large study to evaluate the impact of thyroid dysfunction in our patients and to compare with health subject. In this part of the study, whole blood circulating RNAs were collected from pregnant women with TSH levels just above the normal range to determine the impact of a mild elevation of TSH in pregnancy. To transcriptome, we selected healthy nonpregnant women (NPG), women with healthy thyroid pregnancy (HTP) and pregnant women with gestational hypothyroidism (GHT). As described in the paper with details, we perform an edgeR three-group analysis. Results have shown that 31.3% of the genes are downregulated and 68.7% are upregulated in HTP.