Observational studyBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020
Gestational diabetes and the human salivary microbiota: a longitudinal study during pregnancy and postpartum.
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- Microbiome alterations in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and their offspring: A systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Oral microflora and pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Maternal stress is associated with oral microbiota diversity patterns in pregnant women in Quito, Ecuador.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Article
- Gardnerella enrichment in the vaginal microbiome of women with gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with lower fetal birthweight percentiles.Diabetologia · 2026Observational
- The oral microbiome in relation to systemic maternal conditions and pregnancy complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of oral microbiology · 2026Review
- Comparative machine learning analysis of saliva and plaque microbiomes in Kuwaitis with type 1 diabetes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Clinical translation of salivary MicroAge for understanding the oral-systemic connection in healthy longevity.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Oral health locus of control in pregnant women with diabetes: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Consensus approach to differential abundance analysis detects few differences in the oral microbiome of pregnant women due to pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus.Microbial genomics · 2025Article
- Exploring Saliva as a Sample for Non-Invasive Glycemic Monitoring in Diabetes: A Scoping Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Salivary proteomics and metaproteomics identifies distinct molecular and taxonomic signatures of type-2 diabetes.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Microbiome in Female Reproductive Health: Implications for Fertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies.Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2024Review
- Leveraging Dental Stem Cells for Oral Health during Pregnancy: A Concise Review.Dentistry journal · 2024Review
- Oral Microbiota of Infants in Maternal Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Barriers for why pregnant women do not visit a dentist on a regular basis: using group concept mapping methodology.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Bridging the gap between omics research and dental practice.BDJ open · 2024Review
- Gestational diabetes mellitus: genetic factors, epigenetic alterations, and microbial composition.Acta diabetologica · 2024Review
- Metabarcoding analysis of oral microbiome during pregnancy.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
- Oral probiotics increased the proportion of Treg, Tfr, and Breg cells to inhibit the inflammatory response and impede gestational diabetes mellitus.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Maternal microbiota and gestational diabetes: impact on infant health.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundAn aberrant composition of the salivary microbiota has been found in individuals with type 2 diabetes, and in pregnant women salivary microbiota composition has been associated with preeclampsia and pre-term birth. Pregnant women, who develop gestational diabetes (GDM), have a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes after pregnancy. In the present study we assessed whether GDM is linked to variation in the oral microbial community by examining the diversity and composition of the salivary microbiota.
methodIn this observational study the salivary microbiota of pregnant women with GDM (n = 50) and normal glucose regulation (n = 160) in third trimester and 9 months postpartum was assessed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of the V1-V3 region. GDM was diagnosed in accordance with the International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) criteria. Cross-sectional difference in alpha diversity was assessed using Student's t-test and longitudinal changes were assessed by mixed linear regression. Cross-sectional and longitudinal difference in beta diversity was assessed by permutational multivariate analyses of variance. Differentially abundant genera and OTUs were identified by negative binomial regression.
resultsIn the third trimester, two species-level operational taxonomic units (OTUs), while eight OTUs postpartum were differentially abundant in women with GDM compared with normoglycaemic women. OTU richness, Shannon diversity and Pielou evenness decreased from late pregnancy to 9 months after delivery regardless of glycaemic status.
conclusionGDM is associated with a minor aberration of the salivary microbiota during late pregnancy and postpartum. For unknown reasons richness of the salivary microbiota decreased from late pregnancy to postpartum, which might be explained by the physiological changes of the immune system during human pregnancy.
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