Foshan Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital

Altered circulating blood microbiota in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion

The etiology of unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA) remains poorly understood. Emerging evidence implies that URSA is closely related to dysbiosis of the symbiotic microbiota, while the characteristics of blood microbiome in URSA remain unclear. In the present preli...

Unraveling the hormonal causality in postpartum depression: findings from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

OBJECTIVES: Postpartum depression (PPD) profoundly affects maternal health and disrupts mother-infant bonding, with lasting effects on infant development. The causal roles of hormones that change most dramatically during the perinatal period, including estradiol, cortisol, and pr...