Project description:Genome wide DNA methylation profiling of normal and preeclampsia placental samples. Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip (450K array) was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles in placental samples. Samples included 16 samples from healthy uncomplicated pregnancies and 8 samples from pregnancies affected by preeclampsia.
Project description:Abstract Objective: To investigate the physiology of ectopic pregnancy by analyzing the miRNA profiles of the pregnancy tissue from both ectopic and control pregnancies (voluntary termination of pregnancy). Design: Research study. Setting: Academic research institute in collaboration with a university hospital. Patients: Patients suffering from tubal EP and patients with a normal ongoing pregnancy scheduled for a voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTOP) were recruited. Interventions: Pregnancy tissue samples were analyzed by miRNA microarray and further validated by qPCR. Main Outcome measures: Gene expression profiles and quantitative PCR measurements. Results: Four miRNAs were found to be downregulated in EP compared to healthy trophoblast tissue, and three miRNAs were upregulated in EP trophoblast compared to control tissue samples. All genes were validated by q-PCR. We found three statistically significant miRNAs, all of which were upregulated in the EP sample group. Conclusion: We describe the alteration of seven miRNAs in EP samples that could alter pathways which are critical for correct implantation such as extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, or mucin biosynthesis, thus resulting in ectopic pregnancies.
Project description:We report transcriptional profiles of placentas from systemic lupus erythematosus pregnancies and normal full-term pregnancies. We recruited 8 pregnant patients with SLE, and 8 age-matched healthy pregnant women as normal controls. RNA-seq strand-specific libraries were constructed using the VAHTS Total RNA-seq (H/M/R)Library Prep Kit. Differentially expressed genes were identified using Cuffdiff. The P-value significance threshold in multiple tests was set by the false discovery rate (FDR). The fold-changes were also estimated according to the FPKM in each sample.The differentially expressed genes were selected using the following filter criteria: FDR <0.05 and fold-change >2.
Project description:Abstract Objective: To investigate the physiology of ectopic pregnancy by analyzing the miRNA profiles of the pregnancy tissue from both ectopic and control pregnancies (voluntary termination of pregnancy). Design: Research study. Setting: Academic research institute in collaboration with a university hospital. Patients: Patients suffering from tubal EP and patients with a normal ongoing pregnancy scheduled for a voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTOP) were recruited. Interventions: Pregnancy tissue samples were analyzed by miRNA microarray and further validated by qPCR. Main Outcome measures: Gene expression profiles and quantitative PCR measurements. Results: Four miRNAs were found to be downregulated in EP compared to healthy trophoblast tissue, and three miRNAs were upregulated in EP trophoblast compared to control tissue samples. All genes were validated by q-PCR. We found three statistically significant miRNAs, all of which were upregulated in the EP sample group. Conclusion: We describe the alteration of seven miRNAs in EP samples that could alter pathways which are critical for correct implantation such as extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, or mucin biosynthesis, thus resulting in ectopic pregnancies. This study was authorized by the Institutional Review Board/Independent Ethics Committee of the Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain. Eight patients suffering from tubal EP and another eight patients with a normal ongoing pregnancy scheduled for a VTOP were recruited.
Project description:The purpose of this study was to determine the difference of the miRNA profiles between normal and preeclamptic placenta. Ten placental samples were analyzed. Six were from preeclamptic patients and four were from normal pregnancies.
Project description:Single-cell resolution of longitudinal blood transcriptome profiles in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and healthy control pregnancies