Project description:To explore the changes of local microenvironment in the feto-maternal interface during early pregnancy in RSA, we next examined the transcriptional profiles of the decidua tissue by RNA sequencing using samples from 3 RSA patients and 3 healthy controls
Project description:Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA), defined as the failure of two or more consecutive clinical pregnancies before 20 weeks of gestation, affects approximately 1% of couples attempting to conceive. However, the underlying mechanisms of 50% of cases are unknown. The villus plays a crucial role during pregnancy, which can provide a delicate balance between immune tolerance and defense to maintain the pregnancy.We performed RNA-seq to identify gene expression alterations in the villus of RSA patients and controls. RNA-seq was done using TruSeq Stranded mRNA Library Preparation. Briefly, intact RNA was fragmented, end repaired, adapter ligation and PCR amplified following illumina protocol. Libraries were sequencing by illumins Hiseq 2000. After quality control, sequence data were processed with STAR to generate read alignments with hg19. Raw read counts for annotated genes were obtained with featureCounts with default settings, normalized and analyzed using DEseq2.
Project description:Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA), defined as the failure of two or more consecutive clinical pregnancies before 20 weeks of gestation, affects approximately 1% of couples attempting to conceive. However, the underlying mechanisms of 50% of cases are unknown. The decidua plays a crucial role during pregnancy, which can provide a delicate balance between immune tolerance and defense to maintain the pregnancy.We performed RNA-seq to identify gene expression alterations in the deciduas of RSA patients and controls. RNA-seq was done using TruSeq Stranded mRNA Library Preparation. Briefly, intact RNA was fragmented, end repaired, adapter ligation and PCR amplified following illumina protocol. Libraries were sequencing by illumins Hiseq 2000. After quality control, sequence data were processed with STAR to generate read alignments with hg19. Raw read counts for annotated genes were obtained with featureCounts with default settings, normalized and analyzed using DEseq2.
Project description:Maternal fetal immune tolerance is a biological event that plays a key role in pregnancy. In particular, the mechanism by which the maternal immune system does not exclude the semi-identical antigen of the fetus has not been fully answered so far. The most serious result of the maternal fetal immune tolerance balance is the recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA). The fetus is rejected by the mother in the early pregnancy and cannot continue to develop in the uterus. Based on these scientific questions, we used single-cell sequencing technology to analyze nearly 30,000 leukocytes in the decidua of normal and RSA. A total of 13 immune cell subsets were found, of which dNK cells were more prominent, The lineage differentiation pathway of dNK cells was excavated, and the pathological role of dNK differentiation abnormality in the occurrence of RSA was analyzed. Our results deepen our understanding of the differentiation and function of human decidual leukocytes, especially dNK cells. We clearly recognize that the immune system has dynamic changes compared with normal pregnancy under pathological conditions, which is likely to occur in RSA. The important factors, we expect our results to provide a new basis for RSA's immune diagnosis and treatment strategy.
