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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

The Association between Plasma ERVWE1 Concentrations and Affective Symptoms during Pregnancy: Is This a Friendly Alien?

Marta Serati, Cecilia Maria Esposito, Silvia Grassi, Valentina Bollati, Jennifer Lynn Barkin, Massimiliano Buoli

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marta SeratiDepartment of Mental Health, ASST RHODENSE, 20024 Rho, Italy.
Cecilia Maria EspositoDepartment of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4610-0686
Silvia GrassiDepartment of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Valentina BollatiEPIGET-Epidemiology, Epigenetics and Toxicology Lab-Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0370-9598
Jennifer Lynn BarkinDepartment of Community Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA 31207, USA.
Massimiliano BuoliDepartment of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3359-3191
University of Milan · ITAziende Socio Sanitaria Territoriale RhodenseMercer University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) comprise 8% of the human genome, and HERV DNA was reported to be essential in human embryonic development. Specifically, HERV-W encodes a protein, syncytin-1, alternatively known as ERVWE1 (Human Endogenous Retrovirus W EnvC7-1 Envelope Protein), participating in human placental morphogenesis and having a role in immune system regulation. Syncytin-1 activity is increased in neuropsychiatric disorders, autoimmune diseases, and cancer. In our study, forty-four women in the third trimester of pregnancy were tested for ERVWE1 plasma levels. In concomitance with blood samples the following rating scales were administered to women: the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S), Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T), and Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI). We found that higher ERVWE1 protein plasma levels were significantly associated with higher PAI scores (

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Affective SymptomsPregnancy ComplicationsFemaleGene Products, envHumansPlacentaPregnancyPregnancy ProteinsGene Products, envPregnancy Proteinssyncytinaffective symptomsHuman Endogenous Retrovirus W EnvC7-1 Envelope Protein (ERVWE1)pregnancysyncytin 1

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PMID33317172
PMCPMC7763945
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