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Identification of Potential Biomarkers in the Cervicovaginal Fluid by Metabolic Profiling for Preterm Birth
- Title
- Identification of Potential Biomarkers in the Cervicovaginal Fluid by Metabolic Profiling for Preterm Birth
- Authors
- Ansari, AbuZar; Lee, Heeyeon; You, Young-Ah; Jung, Youngae; Park, Sunwha; Kim, Soo Min; Hwang, Geum-Sook; Kim, Young Ju
- Ewha Authors
- 김영주; 유영아; 황금숙
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김영주; 유영아; 황금숙
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Journal Title
- METABOLITES
- ISSN
- 2218-1989
- Citation
- METABOLITES vol. 10, no. 9
- Keywords
- cervicovaginal fluid; preterm birth; microbiota; metabolite; dysbiosis
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- During pregnancy, dysbiosis in the vaginal microbiota directly affects the metabolic profiles, which might impact preterm birth (PTB). In this study, we performed cervicovaginal fluid (CVF) metabolic profiling using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and identified the metabolic markers for predicting PTB. In this nested case-control study, 43 South Korean pregnant women with PTB (n = 22), and term birth (TB; n = 21) were enrolled with their demographic profiles, and CVF samples were collected by vaginal swabs. The PTB group had two subgroups based on post-CVF sampling birth: PTB less than (PTB < 7 d) and more than 7 days (PTB >= 7 d). We observed significant differences in the gestational age at birth (GAB), cervical length (CL), and neonatal birth weight among the groups. The principal component analysis (PCA), and partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) scatter plot showed the separation between the PTB < 7 d group, and the TB group. Out of 28 identified metabolites, acetone, ethanol, ethylene glycol, formate, glycolate, isopropanol, methanol, and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) were significantly increased in the PTB group compared with the TB group. The ROC curve analysis revealed that the acetone, ethylene glycol, formate, glycolate, isopropanol, methanol, and TMAO had the best predictive values for PTB. Additionally, the correlation analysis of these metabolites showed a strong negative correlation with GAB and CL. These metabolites could be beneficial markers for the clinical application of PTB prediction.
- DOI
- 10.3390/metabo10090349
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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