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Differential Host Gene Expression Associated with Non-

Mallory E Cunningham, Megan T Williams, Katherine M Spaine, Annamaria Marcinkowska, Andrey V Matveyev, Brian J Hur, Heather O Natterer, Rhea B Chatterjee, Christopher J Oldfield, Laahirie Edupuganti and 6 more

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Mallory E CunninghamDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Megan T WilliamsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Katherine M SpaineDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Annamaria MarcinkowskaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Andrey V MatveyevDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Brian J HurDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Heather O NattererDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Rhea B ChatterjeeCollege of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Christopher J OldfieldDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Laahirie EdupugantiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Bin ZhuMassey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Kimberly K JeffersonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Jerome F StraussDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
Amy L OlexMassey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Myrna G SerranoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Gregory A BuckDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.

Funding

A Multi-'omic Analysis of the Vaginal Microbiome during PregnancyU54HD080784 · NICHD · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI BUCK, GREGORY ALLEN, JEFFERSON, KIMBERLY KAY · 2014 to 2015
$8.2M
The Vaginal Microbiome: Disease, Genetics and the EnvironmentUH3AI083263 · NIAID · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI BUCK, GREGORY ALLEN · 2010 to 2012
$6.8M
The Influence of HPV on Preterm Birth via Immunomodulation of the MicrobiomeR01HD092415 · NICHD · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI BUCK, GREGORY ALLEN · 2017 to 2021
$3.6M
NIAID NIH HHS UH3 AI083263NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD092415NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD080784
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The vaginal microbiome significantly influences gynecological and obstetric health, yet the interrelationship between host vaginal gene expression and the microbiota during pregnancy is understudied-particularly in racioethnically diverse cohorts. Here, we leveraged metatranscriptomic data from 123 participants from the Multi-Omic Microbiome Study-Pregnancy Initiative (MOMS-PI) cohort to perform a novel integrated analysis of human host gene expression and vaginal microbiota composition during pregnancy. We hypothesized that host gene expression at the vaginal-mucosal interface would exhibit distinct transcriptional profiles when colonized by bacteria commonly present in bacterial vaginosis (BV), termed BV-associated vagitypes, compared to Results: Host transcriptomic profiles differed significantly between BV-associated and Conclusion: BV-associated vagitypes are correlated with distinct host immunomodulatory gene expression profiles during pregnancy, independent of self-reported racioethnicity. We demonstrated novel molecular insights into microbiome-host interaction during pregnancy within the context of adverse cervicovaginal health.

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Bacterial vaginosisGardnerellainflammasomeLactobacillusmetatranscriptomicspregnancyRNA-seqvaginal microbiome

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PMID42245806
PMCPMC13232444

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