Preference in place of delivery among rural Indian women.
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SUBMITTER: Gorain A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5747435 | biostudies-literature | 2017
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Preference in place of delivery among rural Indian women.
Gorain Ashoke A Barik Anamitra A Chowdhury Abhijit A Rai Rajesh Kumar RK
PloS one 20171229 12
India accounts for the highest number of maternal and child deaths globally. A large body of empirical research suggests that improvement in the coverage of institutional delivery is essential to reduce the burden of maternal and child death. However the dynamics of choice of place of delivery is poorly understood. Using qualitative survey data consisting of twelve focus group discussions, conducted in a rural setting of West Bengal, India, this study aims to understand the reasons behind prefer ...[more]
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Project description:Drug-induced alterations in gene expression play an important role in the development of addictive behavior. Methionine has been proven to inhibit addictive behaviors of cocaine dependence. However, the mechanisms underlying how methionine use corresponds to drug-induced behaviors still remain unclear. We performed mRNA and miRNA high-throughput sequencing of the prefrontal cortex in a mouse model of cocaine CPP combined with L-methionine in order to identify L-methionine target miRNAs and genes that participate in the cocaine conditioned place preference (CPP). We found that the L-methionine inhibits cocaine CPP. Sequencing data analysis showed that L-methionine down-regulates genes enriched in the Glutamatergic Synapse pathways and significantly reversed the cocaine-induced expression changes of the substance dependence pathways (Morphine addiction and Nicotine addiction) and the neurotransmitter synapse pathways (Glutamatergic Synapse, Cholinergic Synapse and GABAergic Synapse). Furthermore, the Glutamatergic synapse was either overlapped between DEGs with DEGs-miRNA induced by cocaine CPP, or with the MET effects on cocaine CPP. Nineteen targeted genes were investigated and five were identified (Gria4, Grid1, Grik4, Grik5 and Grin3a) to belong to iGluR family. Interestingly, there were several miRNAs that had the same sequence which targets the iGluR family: Mmu-miR-30e-50p and mmu-miR-380-5p share UUGAC motif and targets Grik4; mmu-miR-6940-3p and mmu-miR-212-5p both share UGGCU motif which targets Gria4 and Grid1 respectively. Thus, we demonstrated the efficacy of L-methionine in counteracting the effects of cocaine CPP and identified specific genes of synaptic plasticity pathways, especially the Glutamatergic synapse pathway, which is modulated by L-methionine in response to cocaine dependence.
2020-03-10 | GSE146631 | GEO
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