First name
Dayna
Last name
Neo

Title

Pregnancy-associated changes in cervical noncoding RNA.

Year of Publication

2020

Number of Pages

1013-1025

Date Published

2020 06

ISSN Number

1750-192X

Abstract

<p>To identify pregnancy-associated changes in cervical noncoding RNA (ncRNA), including miRNA and long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), and their potential effects on biologic processes. We enrolled 21 pregnant women with term deliveries (≥37&nbsp;weeks' gestation) in a prospective cohort and collected cervical swabs before 28&nbsp;weeks' gestation. We enrolled 21 nonpregnant controls. We analyzed miRNA, lncRNA and mRNA expression, applying a Bonferroni correction. Five miRNA and three lncRNA were significantly differentially (&gt;twofold change) expressed. Putative miRNA targets are enriched in genes mediating organogenesis, glucocorticoid signaling, cell adhesion and ncRNA machinery. Differential cervical ncRNA expression occurs in the setting of pregnancy. Gene ontology classification reveals biological pathways through which miRNA may play a biologic role in normal pregnancy physiology.</p>

DOI

10.2217/epi-2019-0231

Alternate Title

Epigenomics

PMID

32808540

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